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Who In The World:K.C. and the Sunshine Band

HITS OF THE WEEKSINGLESWAR, "LA. SUNSHINE" (prod. by Jerry Gold-

stein, Lonnie Jordan & HowardScott) (writers: group & Jerry Gold-stein) (Far Out, ASCAP) (3:45). Asummer hit for War is as natural asfive o'clock traffic on La Cienega,and this tribute to their "home town-it's a funky town" should start inthe west and quickly fly eastward.Blue Note 1009 (United Artists).

NATALIE COLE, "PARTY LIGHTS (prod. byCOChuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy &Gene Barge) (writer: TennysonStephens) (Utom, BMI) (3:35). Withr&b stations tracking several cutsfrom "Unpredictable," second-guess-ing Cole's singles gets harder all thetime. But this fast -paced dis-co read-ing of a good song is a fine choice.Capitol 4439.

JAMES TAYLOR, "HANDY MAN" (prod. byPeter Asher) (writers: J. Jones -O.Blackwell) (Unart, BMI) (3:02). Thesong was a hit for Jimmy Jones in1960 and Del Shannon in 1964;Taylor's reading of it transforms thefrantic pace of those hits into a slow,considered ballad. His label debut,it is already picking up strong radiosupport. Columbia 3-10557.

THE BROTHERS JOHNSON, "STRAWBERRY LET-TER 23" (prod. by Quincy Jones)(writer: Shuggie Otis) (Kidada/OfiThe Wall, BMI) (3:39). With a songselection that can only be calledinspired, George and Louis shouldbuild their 1p following into a ma-jor pop audience. The productionshould rank among the top suchefforts of the year. A&M 1949.

SLEEPERSPHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ALL STARS,

"LET'S CLEAN UP THE GHETTO"(prod. by Kenneth Gamble & LeonHuff) (writers: Gamble -Huff -Gilbert)(Mighty Three, BMI) (4:55). The art-ists-Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, ArchieBell, Teddy Pendergrass, O'Jays andDee Dee Sharp Gamble-and thetopical message should make a hit.Phila. Intl. 8 3627 (CBS).

KENNY LOGGINS, "I BELIEVE IN LOVE (prod.by Phil Ramone & Bob James) (wri-ters: K. Loggins-A. Bergman -M.Bergman) (First Artists/Emanuel/Gnossos/Threesome, ASCAP) (3:30).Loggins' single debut is a sort ofdisco samba with enough light, in-dividual production touches to addto what should be an auspiciousdebut. Columbia 3-10569.

CISSY HOUSTON, "TOMORROW" (prod. by

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Michael Zager) (writers: CharlesCharnin) (Charles

lcevirir Strouse/E.H. Morris, ASCAP) (3:30).Houston's choice of a song from"Annie" is made more fortuitous bythat show's Tony triumph, and thesinger's gospel -tinged, moving per-formance should bring it to pop andMOR audiences. Private Stock 153.

BRUCE FOSTER, "PLATINUM HEROES" (prod. bySkip Konte & Bruce Foster) (writer:Bruce Foster) (C.A.M.-U.S.A., BMI)(5:45). Foster's song about the Bea-tles has been much -requested fromhis first album, and the signatureBeatles riffs that dot the song makefor hook after hook. It could wellestablish his pop radio career. Mil-lennium 602 (Casablanca).

ALBUMSNE IL YOUNG, "AMERICAN STARS 'NBARS." Probably Young's most countri-fied effort since "Harvest" throughoutside one, he has enlisted some verycapable vocal support from Linda Ron-stadt and Emmylou Harris on severaltracks. Side two features Young withCrazy Horse on four songs that dateback to 1974 but are previously unre-leased. Reprise MSK 2261 (7.98).

THE EMOTIONS, "REJOICE." Thegroup's gold debut introduced the vo-cal talents of these three songstressesand with this second Maurice Whiteproduced 1p, they have set a newstandard for themselves. The insistent"Best Of My Love" is already unfold-ing as a major success and "Love'sWhat's Happenin' " will not be far be-hind. CoI PC 34762 (6.98).

JOAN BAEZ, "BLOWIN' AWAY." Anew page in the career of Baez un-folds with this 1p as it points to anapparently new found musical sensi-bility manifested in songs like "I'mBlowin' Away" and a sense of humorwhich takes a poke at the music indus-try in "Time Rag" and "A HeartfeltLine Or Two." Portrait PR 34697 (CBS)(6.98).

"STAR WARS" (AN ORIGINAL SOUND-TRACK). With the movie currently thehottest screen attraction around, therehas been much interest in this sound-track recording which blossoms on TheAlbum Chart this week at number 78with a bullet. Currently shaping up asone of the biggest 1ps of its kind, it isan easily programmable piece of mu-sic. 20th Century 2T 541 (7.98).

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Trooper's third album _s ready and geared to "knock'' them down for a count.Trooper- Rock 'n Rollers with a multi -fisted attack.

Trooper on stage sends you reelin'Trooper :s produced by Randy Bachman (MCA -22751

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Accusers of WOL Can't Produce TapesBy MICHAEL SHAIN

WASHINGTON - Washing-ton's two most prominent con-cert promoters seem to havekicked another hole in their owncase against a group of local discjockeys, even while the FederalCommunications Commissionprobe of the promoters' payola/plugola charges was in recess.Last week, Jason Shrinsky, the at-torney representing the promot-ers who claim the deejays at WOLwere unfairly competing withthem for concert talent by threat -

Columbia, Bob James

Forming New LabelBy BARRY TAYLOR

NEW YORK - Columbia Rec-ords and Bob James have ac-knowledged the formation of anew label to be owned jointlyby Columbia and the producer/recording artist, RW learned lastweek.

N.Y. BaseThe label will be based in

New York and will be headedby James, who will be respon-sible for bringing artists intothe fold as well as producingmany of the label's Ips. WhileJames' background is rooted in

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ening to withhold airplay, ad-mitted in an interview with Rec-ord World that some of his al-leged proof of the announcers'wrongdoing does not exist.

Shrinsky had alleged earlierthat he had taped hours of WOLprogramming and that his tapeswould show the culpability of thedeejays. Shrinsky today concedesthat "there are no tapes now."

Attorney's LetterShrinsky's claims of proof were

contained in a letter to WOL's at-torney, Harry Becker. The letter,sent last spring, requested theWOL management to meet withShrinsky and his clients-JackBoyle of Cellar Door Concertsand William Washington of Di -


1NARM/RIAA Committee Gives Go -Ahead

For Universal Products Code FormatBy SAM SUTHERLAND

II LOS ANGELES-The institutionof an industry product code forthe recording industry camecloser to reality last week as thejoint NARM/RIAA Industry Cod-ing Committee concluded itseight -month study of productcoding by giving the green lightto the projected UPC (UniversalProducts Code) format, and pre-senting preliminary proposals forits usage. Meeting at the CenturyPlaza Hotel here, committeemembers and representativesfrom the manufacturing, distrib-uting and retailing arms of theindustry reviewed the commit-tee's findings and recommenda-

Pickwick Shareholders ApproveSale To American Can

GREENWICH, CONN. - Stock-holders of Pickwick International,Inc. have voted approval of anagreement under terms of whichPickwick becomes a wholly -owned subsidiary of AmericanCan Company. Pickwick stock-holders will receive $23 in cashper common share in exchange

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for their stock.Commenting upon the on-

going operations and structure ofPickwick, Harry S. Howard, Jr.,vice chairman of American Can,said "we are delighted to wel-come Pickwick as a subsidiary ofAmerican Can. Pickwick, thelargest United States and UnitedKingdom record distributor, withsales of $312 million in the fiscalyear ended April 30, will continueto operate as an independent en-tity consistent with its successfulpast practices. In our judgment,Pickwick is well positioned tobenefit from the favorable growthfactors we see for its industry.


ABC Record & Tape

Bows Disc DepartmentIn Det. Sears Stores

By DAVID McGEEMI DETROIT - ABC Record andTape Sales Corp. last week in-augurated operation of recordand tape departments in the 10full -line Sears stores in themetropolitan Detroit area. In adramatic reversal of the recenttrend towards smaller (if notnonexistent) record departmentsin mass -merchandised outlets,ABC is going into the nation'stop retail operation with an


tions as presented in earlier meet-ings, and forecast the probableeconomic and operational hur-dles still to be crossed before thecode is successfully adopted onan industry -wide basis.

RIAA president Stanley Gorti-kov chaired the meeting, whichhe termed at the Tuesday (7)morning session's opening "theclimax of a couple of decades ofindustry interest in an industrycode." Gortikov's stated goal ofreaching a consensus on the UPCcode and setting up deadlinesfor its preliminary implementa-tion, achieved at day's end withunanimous support for the basicdecision to adopt a UPC code,marked the culmination of effortsstarted at last year's NARM Mid -Year Conference in Chicago (RW,Oct. 2, 1976), which led to thecommittee's formation under thejoint sponsorship of NARM andthe RIAA.

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Next RW Seminar

Planned for Chicago The next Record World-

trade/radio seminar will beheld in Chicago, Illinois onJuly 9. The seminar will beginat 12:30 and continue untilapproximately 5 o'clock thatafternoon with admission and

I a buffet lunch both withoutcharge. The host hotel will bethe Hyatt Regency Chicago at151 East Wacker Drive.

Topics to be discussed atthe seminar will include thecompilation of the nationalcharts, the workings of theRadio Marketplace, other fea-tures of the magazine and thenature of Chicago and sur-rounding markets. All mem-

E bers of the industry are wel-g come to attend the seminar,E which will include attendees

from Milwaukee and otherE areas outside Chicago.E For futher specific informa-1 tion about the seminar, pleaseE call the Record World market

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Another Go -Round for Performers RoyaltyBy MICHAEL SHAIN

II WASHINGTON-The proposedcopyright for performers of re-corded music has, these past twodecades, led a somewhat Drac-ula-like existence: dying every

morning, only to beNews re -born again each

Analysis twilight. The prosand cons of the

controversial new copyright arebeing hashed out once again thissummer, this go -around beingheld at the U.S. Copyright Officein Washington.

The performers royalty wouldextend copyright protection tothe musicians and singers whoserecordings are played for com-mercial gain by broadcasters,juke box operators, and back-ground music services suchas Muzak. Extended protectionwould permit performers andtheir record companies to collectroyalties similar to the manner inwhich composers and the pub-lishers are paid for the perform-ances of written compositions.

Congress directed the Copy-right Office to conduct a studyof the proposed performers royal-ty last year when it passed the

Ira Heilicher Resigns

From Pickwick Intl.NI LOS ANGELES - Ira Heilicherhas resigned his post as vice pres-ident in charge of distribution forPickwick International. Heilicherfinished out last week in the op-eration's Wayzata, Minnesotaheadquarters, where he told RWthe decision was largely personal.

Heilicher stressed that hismove wasn't triggered by changesin management at Pickwick,


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Copyright Revision Act of 1976.The law did not include provi-sions for the performers copy-right, the lawmakers said, becauseof stiff broadcaster oppositionwhich would have threatened theentire revision package.

Last month, the Copyright Of-fice began collecting written com-ments on the advisability and ul-timate impact of the new royaltyfrom the affected industries:broadcasting, record manufactur-ing, the musicians unions, andthe juke boxes. The written com-ments are the prelude to threedays of public hearings on thenew royalty to be held in Wash-ington by the Copyright Office,July 6-8. Similar hearings arescheduled for Los Angeles later


A&M Fla. DistributionWill Be Handled ByNew 'Together' Office LOS ANGELES-A&M Recordsis moving its distribution for theFlorida market from Pickwick In-ternational, its current distrib-utor, to a new office to be open-ed by Together Distributors, theAtlanta -based distribution opera-tion jointly owned and operatedby A&M and Motown.

The projected Miami office willhandle only A&M, with Motownslated to remain with Pickwickin that market. Bob Lavalle, whohas been Pickwick's distributionmanager there, will be headingthe Together operation, accord-ing to Bob Fead, senior vice pres-ident, sales and distribution, for


Drew Now Independent ConsultantWith RKO Chain as First Client

By SAM SUTHERLANDII LOS ANGELES - Veteran radioprogrammer Paul Drew is resign-ing his post as vice president,programming for the RKO Radiochain to resume his career as anindependent consultant. Drew'smove, effective July 1, will seehim helming Paul Drew Enter-prises with the consultancy's firstclient to be the RKO chain.

Both Drew and RKO Radiopresident Dwight Case confirmedthat Drew's consultancy will ob-serve a non-competitive stanceregarding other clients. Drew willcontinue to report directly to

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A&M Promotes Reifman, La Porta, Ayeroff LOS ANGELES-A&M Recordspresident Gil Friesen has ap-pointed Bob Reitman, formerlyA&M's creative director of adver-tising, to the position of directorof advertising and merchandisingfor the label. Jeff Ayeroff has beennamed the new director of cre-ative services and product man-agers. Kiki La Porta, former ad-vertising manager, has been pro-moted to advertising media di -

Powerhouse Picks(Due to airplay and sales in projectable markets, these recordsexhibit top five potential)

Bay City Rollers (Arista) ''You Made Me Believe In Magic...

One of their most quickly and strongly received at-tempts, it shows fantastic strength as a phone item in

front and follows through with over-the-counter sales.

rector for the label.Reitman, who joined A&M in

the newly -created post of creativedirector in July, 1976, is a gradu-ate of USC and a former market-ing researcher for Mattell, Inc. Heestablished his own advertisingand marketing research firm, andsubsequently served for threeyears as supervisor for the Hondaaccount at Grey Advertising.


Fitzgerald Named VP

For RSO/Island Promo111 LOS ANGELES - Rich Fitz-gerald has been appointed tothe position of vice president,national promotion, for thenewly -formed RSO/Island pro-motion company. The an-nouncement was made jointlyby Al Coury, RSO Recordspresident, and Charley Nuccio,Island Records president.

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Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye Top LP, Singles ChartsHeart LP Hot Cassidy Single Strong

By LENNY BEER Fleetwood Mac (WB) tops TheAlbum Chart for the third conse-cutive and fourth overall weekwith another solid sales weekwhich far outdistanced its near-est competitors. The album is

now solidly locked into the topspot at both retail and racklocations with huge quantitiesreported almost everywhere. TheEagles (Asylum) held onto the#2 position, but there are twonew contenders on the horizonthis week and another thatcould be in the thick of it nextweek, Peter Frampton (A&M).Steve Miller (Capitol) has surgedinto the #3 position with solidsales at all levels, while BarryManilow (Arista) moves to #6with the racks leading. TheFrampton is just reaching mostaccounts as this story is beingwritten and should be in fulldistribution by research time fornext week's charts.

Other albums in the top partof the chart with solid salesactivity include Heart (Portrait),off and away with their first forCBS, which jumped 28 to 13;Brothers Johnson (A&M), withsolid sales activity at #14; Way -long Jennings, with his crossoversmash, "01 Waylon" (RCA), a

strong 21; Bee Gees (RSO), withtheir third straight big sellingalbum-this time a live doubleset-exploding 48 to 23; Parlia-ment (Casablanca), another witha live double album scoring wellat 26; and Outlaws (Arista), withsolid support for their latest now

Entertainment CompanyBuys Farrell PubberiesII NEW YORK-Charles Koppel -man and Martin Bandier, two ofthe principals of The Entertain-ment Company Music Group, themusic company founded by Sam-uel J. Lefrak, have announcedjointly with Wes Farrell, founderand chief executive of The WesFarrell Music Publishing Organi-zation, that The EntertainmentCompany has agreed to acquireall of the musical copyrights ofThe Wes Farrell Organization, in-cluding those owned by ChelseaMusic, Pocket Full of Tunes,Every Little Tune and Coral RockMusic.

In addition to the Farrell Or-ganization's existing catalogue,The Entertainment Company andWes Farrell have agreed to a

co -publishing arrangement forthe next three years with respectto all future publishing activitiesof Wes Farrell and his active staffof writers.

at #30.Moving strongly toward future

positions in the national top 30are the ()lays (Phila. Intl.), withsolid r&b sales and some cross-over movement; Dan Fogelberg(Full Moon), with surprisinglyquick pick-up on his latest;Crusaders (ABC), last week'sChartmaker with a second strongweek; the Moody Blues (London),with good initial reaction to thisdouble pocket set; UFO (Chry-salis), with retail solidly behindthis album, which could be thebreakthrough for the group;Bob Marley & the Wailers(Island), with good pop salesand solid r&b action for the firsttime for this forerunner groupof the reggae movement; DonnaSummer (Casablanca), with yetanother hit for one of the coun-try's biggest selling females onthe album side.

New on the top 100 this weekare Ted Nugent (Epic), with histhird straight big hit album,debuting at 74 with Chartmakerof the week honors; "Star Wars"(20th Century), the hottest moviein the country which is quicklyturning into one of the hottestalbums on the street today withsales pick-up following themovie and in some areas evenpreceding release; Neil Sedaka(Elektra), with his first under thenew label affiliation; and theGregg Allman Band (Capricorn),with much stronger action thisweek than last.

In his seventh consecutiveweek at the top of the R&BSingles Chart, Marvin Gaye(Tamla) has pocketed a doubleby ascending to the top of thepop chart with his first #1 recordsince "Lets Get It On." "Got ToGive It Up," the current charttop-per, was produced by TommyLiPuma, and it marks the second#1 single in the past month forthe red-hot Motown family oflabels. Fleetwood Mac (WB)finished a close second with"Dreams," by far their biggestsingle in the current streak. TheFleetwood single is easily thetop aired record nationally, andits sales are increasing at a sig-nificant pace each week.

Top 10Other strong hits in the top

10 include Bill Conti (UA) withthe "Theme From 'Rocky' " nowat 4 with a bullet, Alan O'Day(Pacific) at 5 with a bullet, andthe incredibly strong ShaunCassidy (Warner/Curb) at 10with a bullet, up from 21 lastweek. The Cassidy record is thehottest request item in thecountry and has ascended to thetop 10 in only six weeks. Allsigns point to the Cassidy singlegoing all the way with sales andairplay solid.

ContendersOutside the top 10, the

strongest contenders are SteveMiller (Capitol) at 12, the Sylvers(Capitol) at 13, and BarryManilow (Arista) charging fast at

,REGIONAL BREAKOUTSSingles Albums

East:Helen Reddy (Capitol)Bay City Rollers (Arista)Barbra Streisand (Columbia)

South:Emotions (Columbia)Commodores (Motown)Mori Wilson (GRT)

Midwest:Commodores (Motown)Meri Wilson (GRT)Slave (Cotillion)Alice Cooper (Warner Bros.)Ram Jam (Epic)

Emotions (Columbia)

West:Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)

East:Star Wars (20th Century)Ted Nugent (Epic)Al Jarreau (Warner Bros.)Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)

South:Ted Nugent (Epic)Gregg Allman (Capricorn)Donna Summer (Casablanca)Neil Sedaka (Elektra)

Midwest:Ted Nugent (Epic)Neil Sedaka (Elektra)Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)Roy Buchanan (Atlantic)Al Jarreau (Warner Bros.)

West:Star Wars (20th Century)Ted Nugent (Epic)Roy Buchanan (Atlantic)Al Jarreau (Warner Bros.)Bay City Rollers (Arista)John Klemmer (ABC/Impulse)

14. Miller and Manilow are alsoboth riding hot top 10 albumscontaining versions of their hitsongs. Also scoring well in thisarea are the Eagles (Asylum),now almost an automatic atradio; Peter Frampton (A&M),with what easily looks like hisbiggest single yet; Jimmy Buf-fett (ABC), forcing his way upweekly; Andy Gibb (RSO), witha record that was forced homeby solid secondary radio action;Peter McCann (20th Century),with a hit on his first try; andRita Coolidge (A&M), with thesingle which could explode hercareer and the catalogue ofstrong albums available.

Good moves are being madein the thirties by ABBA (At-lantic), which is especiallystrong in Boston; Barbra Streis-and (Columbia), with what couldbe her second straight big hit;England Dan & John Ford Coley(Big Tree), with a strong ballad;and Alice Cooper (WB), with histhird straight hit ballad.

HeartOther strong early signals

were turned in by Heart (Por-trait), with a strong albumleading and solid action on thesingle; the Commodores (Mo-town), who are breaking withthe "Easy" cut while stations arealso programming "Brickhouse"as a hot album cut; Bay CityRollers (Arista), with sensationalearly moves at indicator stations;Rod Stewart (WB), with his thirdrelease from the "Night on theTown" album; Teddy Pender-grass (Phila. Intl.), exploding inthe east this week with strong


A&M Raises Price

On 'Frampton Live' LPBy JOHN MANKIEWICZ

LOS ANGELES - In a letterdated June 6, A&M Records in-formed its distributors that PeterFrampton's "Frampton ComesAlive" had gone from a $7.98 listto $8.98, effective immediately.Coincidentally, the letter was re-ceived on the day that Framp-ton's "I'm In You" was shippedat a $7.98 suggested retail price.

Fead CommentsBob Fead, sales chief at A&M

told RW that the timing of theprice raise had nothing to dowith the new Frampton disc."When we first had the album,"Fead said, talking about the tworecord live set, "We thought




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'Midnight Special' Experiments with New TV CombinationsBy SAMUEL GRAHAM

LOS ANGELES-The presenta-tion of pop music on television,an area that has been subjectto very little experimentationrecently, is heading in a newdirection at the hands of NBC -TV's "The Midnight Special"program. The increasingly con-servative, hit -oriented approachused for many television musicshows has been expanded by"The Midnight Special's" pro-ducers, who have plannedoccasional programs featuringvarious combinations of aesthe-tically homogeneous artists.

Several weeks ago, "The Mid-night Special" ran a show thatfeatured George Benson, VanMorrison, Carlos Santana, EttaJames, Dr. John and others.Last Friday (10), another programaired with Little Feat, BonnieRaitt, Emmylou Harris, JesseWinchester and Weather Reportamong the guests. Both showswere part of a plan described

New BMI ScheduleIncreases RoyaltiesII NEW YORK - The new BMIpayment schedule, which dou-bles minimum rates for local FMperformance, greatly increasespayment for network televisionmusic and some radio use andoutlines a new song bonus sys-tem, is being distributed towriters and publishers affiliatedwith the performing rights organ-ization. The new schedule takeseffect July 1, 1977 and details theincreased minimum rates BMIwill pay for popular songs andconcert works on radio, as wellas television feature perform-ances, themes and backgroundmusic. However, as a non-profitmaking organization, the sched-ule points out, BMI distributes"all available income from allsources by a voluntary increase insome or all of the rates describedfor commercial radio and televi-sion performances in any quarterin which additional distributionis available."

BMI computes network per-formance royalties by multiplyingminimum rates by the number ofstations carrying the program.

A new rate of one cent per fea-ture FM performance will now bepaid. Payment for each popularsong feature performance onAmerican television is being in-creased from 36 cents to $2.25on Group A Time programs, andfrom 24 cents to $1.25 on GroupB Time programs. Group A net-work television themes will re-ceive 22 cents for each Group Ahalf-hour show, and 18 cents foreach Group B half-hour show.


by executive producer BurtSugarman as "presenting a

sensational jam session, a 90minute showcase, where all ofthe artists are compatible witheach other." Each act was giventhe time to present its talentsindivdually, but what made theshows unique was the oppor-tunity they afforded the artiststo exchange musical ideas oncamera. During the most recentof the two, Little Feat was joinedby Raitt, Winchester and Harrisfor one of its numbers; Harrisin turn was backed by Little Featon one of hers; Harris and Raittjoined, Winchester for an a cap-pella tune, and so on. The artistshad much more in common thanlabel affiliation (Warner Bros. forall but Weather Report); theywere linked ideologically andmusically, and it made for a showthat was extremely cohesive andfluid while spotlighting talentthat rarely, if ever, receives tele-vision exposure.

According to Sugarman, theidea for similar formats has beennurtured for some time, but"The Midnight Special's" "credi-bility" (Sugarman's term, pre-sumably referring to the show'sprimarily commercial identity)was not sufficient to attract the

artists that were sought. Thesituation changed, he said, withthe advent of producer Ken Ehr-lich to the show's staff. Ehrlichhad established his own creden-tials with "Soundstage," a seriesof programs on PBS originatingfrom Chicago and featuring thesame type of format now beingintroduced on "the MidnightSpecial."

Ehrlich "feels strongly aboutpresenting new acts on TV," hesays; in the case of the Bensonshow, the host (Benson) was anestablished artist whose namecould lure viewers into an aware-ness of Morrison, James andother less well known acts,while the Little Feat offeringfeatured acts that, while "notvery big on their own, were ex-tremely compatible together,"Ehrlich contends. "The showsworked both artistically andcommercially," he continues. "Wethink we're proving to the recordbusiness that TV can really workfor the companies-not just interms of selling records, but byshowing some of the personalitybehind a performer. TV can bringan audience much closer to a

performer than most live concertscan."


Daily News Debuts 'Friday' Section;

RW Charts and News To Be Featured NEW YORK-The New YorkDaily News last week introduceda weekend entertainment sectioncalled "Friday," which will in-clude Record World charts andinformation as regular features.

"Friday" will be a pull-out sup-plement in that day's paper. Itwill emphasize music, movies,theatre, restaurants, travel andshopping, with all of the DailyNews' regular Friday featuresdealing with these areas gatheredtogether in the new section."Friday" will print Record World'stop 10 pop singles and albumseach week, along with informa-

lion and RW chart listings fromother areas, such as r&b, country,and jazz.

Consumer -oriented music newsfrom Record World will also beincorporated.

Stanley "Ace" Adams, the song-writer, music publisher and col-umnist for the Amsterdam Newshere, will write a weekly "Friday"column titled "Inside the RecordWorld," which will offer musicnews, gossip and a new feature,tips to songwriters.

The Daily News has the largestcirculation of any newspaper inthe United States.

From left: Ace Adams, RW publisher Bob Austin, Daily News assistant managingeditor Jack Walsh.

Wald & DeBlasioForm Mgmt. Team LOS ANGELES-Jeff Wald andRon DeBlasio have jointly an-nounced the formation of a newmanagement company, JeffWald/Ron DeBlasio Associates.The new firm will be involvedin personal management ofHelen Reddy, Donna Summer,David Steinberg, Peter Boyle andRichard Baskin.

Wald and DeBlasio were part-ners from 1968-71, during whichperiod they represented TinyTim, Deep Purple and GeorgeCarlin, among others. Afterseparating their business inter-ests, Wald devoted full time tomanaging his wife, Helen ReddyWald, while DeBlasio workedwith Richard Pryor and the lateFreddie Prinze.

In addition to personal man-agement, Wald and DeBlasio willbe associated with the develop-ment, representation and pro-duction of major television andmotion picture properties, in-cluding the movie, "Limo."

Offices are located in Los An-geles at 9120 Sunset Boulevard(273-2191).

Abkco Reports Profit NEW YORK - Abkco Indus-tries, Inc. has announced the re-sults of its operations for the sixmonths ended March 31, 1977with revenues of $4,917,107 anda profit of $21,171 or 10 pershare. This compares to revenuesof $3,660,657 and a loss of $232,-618 or 160 per share for the cor-responding period in 1976.

Operations for the second quarter ended March 31, 1977 re-sulted in a profit of $89,579 or60 per share compared to a lossof $91,939 or 60 per share forthe corresponding period in1976. Revenues for the quarteramounted to $2,150,053 as com-pared to $1,884,049 for the sameperiod in 1976.

During the six months endedMarch 31, 1977 the company re-ported income of $162,139, netof related expenses, in connec-tion with settlement of litigationwith the "Apple Companies."During the six months endedMarch 31, 1976 litigation ex-penses amounted to $621,517.Income for the quarter endedMarch 31, 1977 amounted to$359,101, net of related ex-penses, whereas litigation ex-penses for the quarter endedMarch 31, 1976 amounted to$346,010.

On January 8, 1977, Abkco In-dustries, Inc. reached a settle-ment of all outstanding litiga-tion with the Beatles and entitiescontrolled by them ("Apple Com-panies"). The settlement pro -




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'Annie' Sweeps Tony Awards NEW YORK - "Annie," thetradition -honoring musical thathas been the biggest hit of thisBroadway season, won sevenTony Awards at their 31stpresentation here last week.

The musical based on thecomic strip "Little OrphanAnnie" was cited as Best Musi-cal, Best Musical Book and BestMusical Score. Dorothy Loudonwas named Best Actress in aMusical for her performance inthe show, Peter Gennaro wasnamed Best Choreographer,David Mitchell Best Scenic De -singer and Theoni V. AldredgeBest Costume Designer.

The book for "Annie" waswritten by Thomas Meehan; themusic by Charles Strouse and thelyrics by Martin Charnin. Itwas produced by Lewis Allenand Mike Nichols. The "Annie"original cast album has beenreleased by Columbia Records.

Barry Bostwick, who starredthis season in "The Robber

CAM To OpenMaster Division NEW YORK-The CAM opera-tion is opening a new divisioneffective June 15 called CAM -Master, according to Victor Bene-detto, vice president and generalmanager of C.A.M.-U.S.A., andexecutive producer of CAM Pro-ductions. CAM -Master will serveas an agency for producers andartists who have finished mastersand are interested in placingthem with labels.

Benedetto indicated that any-one interested in contacting himin regard to a finished master cando so via CAM at 489 Fifth Ave-nue, New York City, 10017;phone: (212) 682-8400.

Stevens Goes Gold LOS ANGELES - A&M artistCat Stevens' "Izitso" album hasbeen certified gold by the RIAA.

Baez Bash

Bridegroom," was honored as

Best Actor in a Musical. LennyBaker was named Best FeaturedActor in a Musical for "I LoveMy Wife;" Dolores Hall wasnamed Best Featured Actress ina Musical for "Your Arms TooShort To Box With God" (avail-able on ABC Records). GeneSaks was named Best Directorof a Musical for "I Love MyWife." (An album of that showis slated for mid -July release byAtlantic Records).

The Sherwin M. Goldman -Houston Grand Opera produc-tion of "Porgy and Bess" washonored in a new category,"Most Innovative Production ofa Revival." The original cast al-bum of that production has beenreleased by RCA Red Seal.

Special Tony Awards weregiven to three performers, BarryManilow, Diana Ross and LilyTomlin, who starred on Broadwaythis season in their own shows.

The Antoinetteare given eachAmerican TheatreLeague of N.Y.Producers.

Perry Awardsyear by theWing and theTheatres and

Capricorn Names DavisSingles Promo Director MACON, GA.-Phil Rush, na-tional promotion director forCapricorn Records, has an-nounced the promotion of BillDavis to the post of nationalsingles promotion director.

Davis joined Capricorn Rec-ords in August, 1974, serving asthe label's southeast regionalpromotional manager, based inAtlanta. With his new position,Davis will be based in Capri-corn's home office in Macon, andwill report directly to Phil Rush.

WB Phasing Out Reprise LabelBy SAMUEL GRAHAM

LOS ANGELES - The increas-ingly low profile kept by RepriseRecords has been the occasionalsubject of industry speculation.Last week, Record World's in-quiries into the status of the labeldetermined that it is for the mostpart being informally phased outof existence due to what spokes-men at Warner Bros. Records, Re-prise's parent label, called "anidentity problem."

According to Stan Cornyn, War-ner Bros. executive vice presidentand director of creative services,"we're not totally phasing outReprise - there are several goodfriends of ours who have chosento continue to be identified withthe label. In the interest of cor-porate identity, we are emphasiz-ing the Warner Bros. label whilecontinuing our affection for Re-prise and our faith in the fact thatReprise will always mean goodmusic."

Since the absorption of Repriseby Warner Bros. in 1963 (Reprisewas founded by Frank Sinatra in1960), the label has never beenadministered separately from itsparent company; but while War-ner and Reprise have been thesame operation in every way ex-cept nominally, the dual identityhas evidently been the cause ofsome confusion both inside andoutside of the industry. For ex-ample, some people have notbeen aware that Warner Bros. it-self is a force in the country field,because Emmylou Harris, a strongcontender on the country charts,has appeared on Reprise. As a re-sult, the majority of Reprise actswill now be available on WarnerBros. proper. Artists who havealready made the transition (orwill in the near future), most ofthem at their own discretion, in-clude Al Jarreau, Fleetwood Mac,

Richard Pryor, Ry Cooder, theMeters, Jonathan Edwards, Mi-chael Franks, Arlo Guthrie andothers. Product by Sinatra andNeil Young will continue to ap-pear on Reprise.

Another Warner Bros. spokes-man reiterated Cornyn's state-ment, saying that "the move issimply meant to put Warner Bros.in the spotlight, so people willknow that Reprise artists havereally been on Warners all along.It's a case of putting our eggs inone basket."

April Music Intl.Names Ragusa VP NEW YORK-Lou Ragusa hasbeen promoted to the position ofvice president, April Music Inter-national, by Dick Asher, presi-dent, CRI.

Lou RagusaRagusa joined CRI in April,

1976 as director of musicpublishing to coordinate thedivision's worldwide publishingoperations and to encourage rep-resentation of CBS -owned cata-logues and copyrights in allmarkets. He previously headed hisown management firm in LosAngeles, which he formed aftermany years in the record andmusic publishing industries.

Before moving to the westcoast, Ragusa held executive posi-tions in New York with FamousMusic Corp.

A&M Florida Distributor (Continued from page 4)A&M Records.

A&M notified Pickwick of theirdecision early last week, with themove effective July 5.

The Miami operation is appar-

CBS Records recently threw a party for Portrait recording artist Joan Baez, celebratingthe release of her debut album for the label titled "Blowin' Away." Pictured above atthe party held after her sold out concert at the Palladium are (from left) Walter Yet-nikoff, president CBS/Records Group; Bruce Lundvall, president, CBS Records; Ron Alex-

ently not being structured as anew branch, but rather as a satel-lite of the main office in Atlanta:an official statement prepared bythe label described the operation

by stating, "A&M Records takesgreat pleasure in announcing theaddition of the Florida territoryto Together Distributors' area ofprimary responsibility."

enburg, senior vice president, Epic, Portrait, and Associated Labels; Baez and LarryHarris, vice president and general manager, Portrait Records; (center) Labelle's NonaHendryx with filmaker Sam Kitt, and Baez and Alexenburg; (right) Ed Marinaro of theNew York Jets; Alexenburg, and Sal Marciano and Storm Field of WABC-TV News.



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The hit singlefrom their latest album, So So Satisfied.

A&S sell-outs: New York's Bottom Line (8 performances); Carnegie Hall (2 performances); Philadelphia'sShubert Theatre (2 performances); Howard University, Washington, D.C. (2 performances). Kennedy Center.Washington (1 performance); Baltimore's Painter's Mill (2 performances): Louisville Gardens (1 performance);Newark's Symphony Hall (1 performance).


Who In The World:

KC & Sunshine Band's Super Success KC and The Sunshine Band(TK) is one of the industry's bigsuccess stories of the late seven-ties. They are a group thatseemed to have simply burst onthe record scene a few years backand every album and single re-leased since then has found aspot on the top of the salescharts and immediate acceptanceat discos around the world.

The latest single, "I'm YourBoogie Man," grabbed the #1and #2 spots on the pop andr&b charts, respectively, and thecurrent album, "Part 3," is bul-letted pop at #75 this week andis #6 on the r&b album chart.Not bad for a group that startedout as a collection of semi -anony-mous studio musicians and engi-neers.

In 1973 KC (Harry WayneCasey) and Rick Finch arranged,produced and performed on thefirst Sunshine Band (then knownas KC and The Sunshine Junka-noo Band) record, "Blow YourWhistle." That and the next two

Witofsky PromotedBy CBS International NEW YORK-Marvin M. Witof-sky has been promoted to theposition of vice president, busi-ness affairs, CBS Records Interna-tional, by Dick Asher, CRI presi-dent.

Witofsky joined CRI in April,1976 as director of business af-fairs after four years away fromCBS where he had served first asattorney then as senior attorneyfor Columbia Records from Au-gust, 1969 to May, 1972. In theinterim he was senior attorneyfor RCA Records, assistant attor-ney general of Pennsylvania, andchief counsel of that state's De-partment of Banking. He was sub-sequently deputy attorney gen-eral and chief of the human serv-ices division of the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Justice.

Extraordinary music publish-ing career opportunity at oneof the world's leading musicpublishers.

Famous music publishing compa-nies is seeking two additional ex-perienced / successful professionalmen with strong artist/production/label contacts. Call Marvin CaneJune 13, 14, 15 at Beverly HillsHotel (2131 276-2251 or at FamousMusic offices (213) 461-3091.

singles were such a huge successin England, the band toured thatcountry twice. When they re-turned from their second tourthey found that "Get Down To-night" had made it to #1 in theU. S.

Since then the group hasscored with the singles "That'sThe Way (I Like It)" and "Shake,Shake, Shake Your Booty" andthe album "KC and The SunshineBand" went platinum. In 1976they were nominated for sixGrammy awards.

With all the activities of theirown group taking up most oftheir time, Casey and Finch arestill in demand as producers,writers and arrangers. They wroteand produced the two GeorgeMcCrea Ips, the Betty Wright"Danger High Voltage" Ip andsingles by Jimmy "Bo" Horne andthe group Fire.

The group now consists of ninemen: H. W. Casey (KC) on key-boards; Rick Finch on bass; Je-rome "J" Smith on guitar; Robert"Shotgun" Johnson on drums;Fermin "Bongo" Goytisolo oncongas; Ronnie "Tadpole" Smithon trumpet; Denvil "Demp" Lip -trot on saxophone; James"Brown" Weaver on trumpet andCharles "Funky Charles" Williamson trombone.

The KC and The Sunshine Bandsound is solid, powerful andtouched with the good-timeysense of humor that has madethem so popular as a dance band.The mirth that they've beenspreading seems destined to theirfans dancing at the discos andsmiling along with top 40.

MCA Signs Axelrod LOS ANGELES - Composer/arranger and former a&r execu-tive David Axelrod, has signedwith MCA Records, according tothe label's president, J. K. Mait-land.

Doobies Golf Gala

Donny & Marie Get Gold

Polydor/Kolob recording artists Donny and Marie Osmond were recently presentedwith a gold record for their album "Featuring Songs From Their Television Show"during their three-week engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton. Seen at the presenta-tion are, from left: Lou Simon, executive vice president and general manager ofPolydor Incorporated; Rick Stevens, east coast a&r director; Irwin Steinberg, executivevice president of the Polygram Corporation, U.S.A. and president of the PolygramRecord Group; Jan Cook, vice president of finance for the Polygram Corporation,U.S.A.; Marie and Donny Osmond.

Jem, Goldfarb PactNEW YORK - Jem Records,

Inc., South Plainfield, N.J. andReseda, California, has an-nounced the appointment ofHerb Goldfarb Associates Inc. ofNew York as marketing consult-ants for their independently dis-tributed Import Records label.

New distributors lined up byHGA are: London Records Mid-west Distributing Corp. in Chi-cago, Tara Record and TapeDistributing Co. in Atlanta, BibDistributing Co. in Charlotte,N.C., Hot Line Record Distribu-tors in Dallas and H.W. Daily,Inc. in Houston.

In addition to serving as con-sultants to the Import Recordslabel, HGA will be assisting in anartist development program forPezband and in a promotion fortheir new single, "Baby It's ColdOutside," on the Passport Rec-ords label (distributed by ABC).

BuddahTapsVolpe NEW YORK-Diane Volpe hasbeen appointed a&r and creativeservices coordinator for BuddahRecords by Milton Sincoff, thecompany's vice president forcreative services and manufac-turing.

Ms. Volpe will be responsiblefor pre- and post -productionlogistics for albums and singles.Her responsibilities includescheduling, studio time, labelcopy, mastering, lacquers, etc.She will also be responsible fortape configuration and will workwith Sincoff in packaging andmerchandising areas.

Prior to coming to Buddah, Ms.Volpe was director of artistdevelopment for Virgin Records.She also served as the executiveassistant to the executive vicepresident of Arista Records.

In her new position, Ms.Volpe will report directly toSincoff.

The first annual Doobie Brothers Golf Classic, held in conjunction with Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts for the United Way, took placeon June 6th, at the Calabasas Park Country Club. Among the tournament's events was the first reunion in 15 years of the cast of"Leave It To Beaver." Pictured at the tournament are (above, from left) top row: band member Jeff Baxter, Jim Rissmiller, GaryFrank of ABC -TV's "Family," band member Keith Knudsen, Edwin Starr, Warner Bros. president Mo Ostin, Peter Marshall, JohnMc rley, Deniece Williams, and band members Tiran Porter and John Hartman; (bottom row) Larry Vallon, Bobby LaKind, bandmember Michael McDonald, "My Little Margie" 's Gale Storm, band member Patrick Simmons and Doobie Brother's manager BruceCohn; (top row) Porter, Simmons, Hugh Beaumont ("Ward Cleaver"), Barbara Billingsley ("June Cleaver"), Jerry Weil ("JudyHensler"), Knudsen, Jerry Mothers ("Beaver Cleaver") and Tony Dow ("Wally Cleaver"); (bottom row) McDonald, Ken Osmond("Eddie Haskell") and Hartman.



The second collaboration betweenthe master drummer ofThe Moody Blues, Graeme Edge andmaster guitarist Adrian Gurvitz.

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Winchester Reception

Warner Bros. and Bearsville Records recently celebrated Jesse Winchester's Roxy engagement in Los Angeles with a receptionin the Renaissance Room of the Biltmore Hotel. Among those in attendance were (above, from left) Winchester, Cher, WarnerEros. board chairman and president Mo Ostin; Leslie and Jesse Winchester, Bearsville chief operating officer Paul Fishkin, DonHenley, Glen Frey and Winchester's manager Arnie Naiditch.

Peggy March Wins Musical Mallorca Fest NEW YORK-The top prize inthe third annual Musical Mal-lorca song contest was capturedby Peggy March for the song"You and I," composed by LesReed and Tony Macaulay.

Kimmelman Named

Screen Gems Exec. VP LOS ANGELES - Bhaskar Men -on, chairman of the board andchief executive officer, ScreenGems -EMI Music, Inc., has an-nounced that Barry E. Kimmelmanwill be elected executive vicepresident of Screen Gems effec-tive July 1, 1977. Kimmelman,currently vice president, adminis-tration and business develop-ment, Capitol Industries -EMI, Inc.will resign as an officer of thatcorporation.

Barry Kimmelman

Kimmelman will report directlyto Lester Sill, president of ScreenGems, and will be a member ofthe Screen Gems/Colgems boardof directors.

Mecca Inks Reed NEW YORK - Vivian Reed,who starred in the Broadwaymusical "Bubbling Brown Sugar,"has signed an exclusive bookingcontract with Mecca Artists, Inc.,it has been announced by hermanager Danny Holgate and,Mecca Artists president Stu Ric.

The song was the West Ger-man entry, but was penned bytwo Englishmen and sung by theAmerican songstress who hasspent the last eight years livingin Germany. The prize, a goldentrophy and $10,000, was awardedby a jury of screen personalitiesand music industry notablesunder the chairmanship of LaloSchifrin.

The second place prize wasawarded for "Les Petits Matins,"the French entry sung by SoulaMarkisi and composed by MichelLegrand and Jaques Lanzman.

In third place was Japan's"Simple Love," penned by KenSatch and Takashi Matsumotoand sung by Junko Ohashi. Thefourth and fifth place awardswere presented to the U.S. for"You Gotta Move" and Francefor "Rien N' A Change."

The winning entry is a strong,melodic song concerning an ex-tra -marital affair sung convincing-ly by March whose last hit, "IWill Follow Him," was on thechart in 1963.

Wax Promotes Josell NEW YORK-Jessica Josell hasbeen named executive directorof the promotion department atMorton D. Wax & Associates, ithas been announced by MortWax, president of the firm. Shejoined the firm last year as a

promotion woman.Ms. Josell's first project in her

new position will be for MCARecords, which has retained theWax firm to handle national pro-motion on Olivia Newton -John'snew single, "Making A GoodThing Better."

Famous Pacts withMelodie Der WeltMI NEW YORK-Sidney Herman,executive vice president of fi-nance and administration forFamous Music Corporation, a di-vision of Paramount Pictures, hasannounced that he has com-pleted negotiations for MelodieDer Welt, headed by Johann Mi-chel, to administrate the Famouscatalogues in the territories ofGermany and Austria. This long-term pact was negotiated by Her-man on his recent business visitto Europe.

Carter at the Bottom Line

Columbia recording artist Valerie Carter recently appeared at New York's Bottom Linefor three nights in support of her recent album release, "Just A Stone's Throw Away."Shown backstage are, from left: Columbia recording artist Elliot Murphy; (rear) ArmaAndon, vice president, artist development, Columbia Records; Bob Cavallo of Cavallo-Ruffalo Management; Valerie Carter; (rear) Bruce Lundvall, president, CBS RecordsDivision; Matty Matthews, local promotion manager, New York branch manager,Columbia Records; Bob Sherwood, vice president, national promotion, ColumbiaRecords; Jack Craigo, vice president and general manager, marketing, CBS Records;and Don Dempsey, vice president, marketing, Columbia Records.

Caradine to WEA Intl. NEW YORK - Jim Caradinehas been appointed director ofoperations, WEA International, ithas been announced by NesuhiErtegun, president of WEA In-ternational. Caradine will beheadquartered in New York andreport directly to the president.

Jim CaradineCaradine was director for

international tax planning atWarner Communications Inter-national. In that post he wasinvolved in the organization ofindividual WEA companies over-seas.

Prior to that, Caradine wasinternational manager at ArthurAndersen & Co. He was head-quartered in Paris and served asEuropean coordinator for all themajor continental cities.

A&M Promotes TwoIn Sales Department LOS ANGELES - Bob Fead,A&M senior vice president ofsales and marketing, has namedErnie Campagna national salesdirector and Bernie Grossman na-tional singles sales manager.

Bernie Grossman, Bob Fead,Ernie Campagna

Prior to joining A&M, Campag-na served for three years as mu-sic director for Boston's WMEX,and subsequently became A&M'sfirst local promotion man in theBoston area in 1967, as well asthe label's first east coast regionalsales manager, during which hehelped establish A&M's New Eng-land office while serving in therole of vice president. In June,1976 he was transferred to L.A.to serve as A&M's first singlessales manager.

Grossman joined the companyin 1969 after working first in theaccounting department and sub-sequently as a local promotionrep for Mutual Distributors inBoston. He then worked as a pro-motion man in the Boston officefor Liberty Records, and joinedA&M's New England office in thesame capacity. In 1971, he wastransferred to Los Angeles toserve as western regional salesmanager.

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II ROCK AND ROLL: New York is a Led Zeppelin town. No doubtabout it; only the Rangers and the Knicks have played MadisonSquare Garden more times. The group's six performances in eightdays only reconfirmed their preeminence as rock's stellar concert at-traction. While Zeppelin's marathon three hour plus performance (in-cluding an acoustic set) is designed to satisfy any fan, the 65 minutelate start on opening night (reportedly a standard practice on thistour) only succeeded in riling a young, temperamental audiencewhose patience was being tried and tempers fanned by the choiceof material which was played over the p.a. As the house lightsdimmed and the group finally made its way to the stage, an eruptionof explosions, firecrackers, smoke bombs and sparklers rained overthe orchestra and continued to intersperse with the music until Rob-ert Plant finally chided the crowd later in the set. A myriad of effectsdistinguishes this Zeppelin tour from the group's 1975 dates, includingmirrored balls, an impressive lighting system, flash pots, laser beamsand clouds of smoke. One particularly dramatic moment was reachedduring "Kashmir" when Jimmy Page stood under a pyramid of laserbeams, but in the long run, it's the music that counts and there wasnothing else left to be desired following a magnificent version of"Stairway To Heaven" and the encores of "Whole Lotta Love" and"Rock and Roll."

WE'VE GOT SO MANY JOCKEY SHORTS THIS WEEK THAT THEY'RETURNING INTO LONG UNDERWEAR: In the bad news department,the Dave Edmunds and Hollies tours have been cancelled . . . It ap-pears that "King Size" Taylor has been playing with his tape recorderagain. For the U.S. release of The Beatles' Hamburg album, Atlanticis replacing four tracks with four others not included on the import:"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You," "Where Have YouBeen All My Life," "Sheila" and "Til There Was You" . . . The DailyNews inaugurates its Friday music section with an interview withArista president Clive Davis . . . Dwight Twilley Band to Arista . . .

John David Kalodner's beard is alive and well . . . Emerson, Lake andPalmer and Geils drew 70,000 for a concert at the Chicago Stadium. . . Graham Parker starts recording his new album in England inJune with the Rumour. Meanwhile, the Rumour's own album will beout in the U. S. in August . . . Stevie Wonder to be featured on onetrack of the Chi-Lites' new album, "The Fantastic Chi-Lites," set forJune release . . . Pennsylvania governer Milton J. Shapp has pro-claimed June 15 Erroll Garner Day, in honor of the 54th birthday ofthe late jazz pianist and composer ("Misty," "Gaslight," "Dream Street,"et al.). Also, the Mayor of Pittsburgh has declared June 10-15 ErrollGarner Week. In conjunction with these activities, the Erroll GarnerMemorial Foundation is being established. It will award an annualscholarship in Garner's name, and/or sponsor a music event involvingGarner's music . . . With Phil Collins unable to tour due to his com-mitments with Genesis, Brand X has enlisted 21 -year -old Woody Den-nard of New York City as its new drummer. Just off a tour with PatMartino, Dennard has also accompanied George Benson, Charlie Min-gus and Gary Burton. Brand X begins its first U. S. tour on June 10 atMy Father's Place in Roslyn, New York . . . Thin Lizzy is recording inToronto, with Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T. Rex) producing. "Bad


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Seen during the San Francisco stopover for the most recent Capricorn Airborne Cam-paign are, from left: Robin Wren, western regional promotion manager, CapricornRecords; Frank Fenter, executive VP, Capricorn; Gregg Allman; and Dave Sholin, KFRCmusic director. The Bay Area visit was one of five major market stops on the first legof the current airborne sweep, in support of new albums from the Gregg AllmanBand, Dixie Dregs and Fringe Benefit, with varying combinations of top Capricornexecs also hitting an additional six markets in the south, east and midwest.

NARM Begins Regional MeetingE CHERRY HILL, N.J.-Joseph A.Cohen, NARM executive vicepresident, has begun a series ofregional meetings which will con-tinue over a period of ninemonths and cover the entirewidth and breadth of the coun-try. These regionals are intro-ductory efforts on Cohen's partto meet with the regular mem-bers of NARM in smaller face-to-face sessions to discussNARM's future.

The first regional was held inNew Orleans at a dinner onTuesday, May 31, at the HyattRegency Hotel, the site of the1978 NARM Convention. Invitedto attend were all NARM regularmembers in Louisiana, and reg-ular membership attendance was100 percent of all the area com-

panies. At the meeting withJoseph Cohen, NARM executivevice president, and George Sou-vall (Alta Distributing Co.), NARMpresident, were representatives ofAll South Distributing Company(New Orleans), Warren Hilde-brand and Richard Brown; Rac-coon Records (Lafayette), GeorgeBerry; Stan and Ron Lewis ofStan's Record Service (Shreve-port); Hugh Youngblood, Jr. ofSpecialty Sound (Monroe); andDon Anthony, Patty and RoyceBallard and Mike Townsen ofTape City, U.S.A. (Metairie).

The discussion held was fo-cused on the needs of the NARMregular members. They expressedtheir hopes for the NARM or-ganization, and indicated what


Rogers Softball Tourney

Kenny Rogers recently hosted his fifth annual celebrity softball game for the NevadaSpecial Olympics. The event which raised upwards of $12,000, was co -sponsored bythe Golden Nugget Hotel. Among the participants were (top row, from left) JohnDenver, Rogers and Jeff Wald; (bottom row) Helen Reddy, Karen Carpenter and AliceCooper.



Al Unquiet On The Western Front

AL JARItEAULIVE IN EUROPE

Look to the RainbowIncludes Letter Perfect/ We Got By

Could You Believe/ Take Five

Produced by Al Schmittand Tommy LiPumaOn Warner Bros.Records and Tapes(2BZ 3052) Al Jarreau'sLOOK TO THE RAINBOW

On a recent continentalJ our, Al Jarreau suc-

pded where many elseave failed. He brought

Europe \together. Hisinventive vocal stylingsresulted An a completetakeover, bbth criticallyand at the bpx office. Hewas s61 Best Inter-n a t i ocalist inGer and easilywa way with thetalias/Record Critics

rd for Best ForeignInger, 1977.His new live album is

the chronicle of that barn-storming European tour.It's Jarreau at his impro-vising, breathtaking bestin Berlin, Hamburg,Munich, Zurich, Vienna,Paris and Dusseldorf.


ABC Record & Tape Bows Record Depts. in Sears Outlets(Continued from page 3)extensive sales / service / mar-keting program, dubbed "Part-ners In Profit," that will involvebroadening Sears' product basein records and prerecordedtapes; replacing basic browndecor with colorfully -designedfixtures; augmenting Sears'present computer system withABC's more thorough Store In-ventory Replenishment System(SIRS); introducing complete andaggressive in-store merchandis-ing and promotional programskeyed to heavy print and radioadvertising.

If successful, the ABC -Searsalignment will have the twofoldeffect of proving the viabilityof properly supported rackedrecord departments in the age ofthe super retailer, as well as en-hancing the former company'slow -profile image in the musicindustry.

"We're trying to pull the com-pany together, give it a nationalimage and a national identity,"said Herb Mendelsohn, presidentof ABC Record and Tape SalesCorp. on the eve of the open-ing of the "More Music ThanEver Before Stores," as the Searsrecord departments will beknown. "What we're trying to

demonstrate here is that regard-less of what other rack jobbersare doing we think we have it alltogether. We have an act that'scomprised of some of the out-standing players-in marketingoperations, creative services,what have you-in this business.We think we're ready to makethe promise and keep it becausewe have the wherewithal and theorganization to make it happen.We want to help our customerssell more product more profit-ably."

The Sears -ABC departments,ranging in size from 400 to 800square feet and staffed by Searspersonnel, will carry more than5000 records and 2000 tapes, in-cluding cutouts and overstocks(which will comprise roughlyeight to 10 percent of the mer-chandise), oldies and children'sproduct-between 200 and 250pieces, according to Steve Kugel,VP, marketing, ABC Records andTape Sales.

A multiple pricing programwill find a pick album of theweek advertised at a sale priceof approximately $4.27 on $6.98list product, as well as 10 fea-ture albums going for approxi-mately $4.98. Everday price oncatalogue product will be ap-

proximately $5.67.Eye - catching waterfall - type

display racks, marquee signs,balloons, banners and mobilesof all types are part of the newlook being introduced to Searsby ABC. As well, all merchan-dise will be divided into 12categories and keyed, by cate-gory, to a hue on a color wheellocated at the entrance to thedepartment, thereby facilitatinga customer's search for specifictypes of music.

According to Kugel, ABChopes to establish for Sears areputation as a place where newmajor releases can always befound. To this end, an ABC"record maven" will visit eachdepartment weekly to insurethat the top releases in pop,rock and soul are in stock. In-ventory management on thewhole is led by SIRS, a complexcomputerized sytsem that basescalculations on information sub-mitted in the form of individualstore profiles, predetermined in-ventory levels and daily storereports.

"These computers are im-portant," explained Bob Pock-randt, VP, operations at ABCR&T. "They allow us to knowexactly what's selling by categoryand by title, in 10 Detroit out-lets catering to diverse clienteles.

"What we've done is to usethe technology to determine theshopping pattern of each storeand therefore to help us tailorthis inventory to each store'sparticular needs." Sears' owncomputers, added Pockrandt,

give ABC a daily reading on re-tail activity and combine withSIRS in what Pockrandt termed"a pretty good marriage."

Mendelsohn indicated thatthe "Partners In Profit" programmight be extended to otherSears outlets if the Detroit ex-periment proves fruitful-pro-vided, of course, that Sears givesABC the go ahead (only theMotor City stores are currentlybeing racked by ABC). "It is ourhope," said Mendelsohn, "toconvince Sears, by demonstratingwhat we can do in a very im-portant market like Detroit, tosay, 'For gosh sakes, take oversomething else, will you please?We like your style.' And that'show it will happen with theother stores."

Chalice Taps Choran LOS ANGELES-Lee Lasseff andDavid Chackler, co -presidents ofthe Chalice Music Group, haveannounced the appointment ofEddie Choran to the position ofvice president, artist develop-ment.

In his new post, Choran willwork as a direct liaison betweenartists, management, and recordcompanies on furthering the de-velopment of artists' careers.

An industry veteran, Choranwas most recently director of en-tertainment at the Starwood clubin Hollywood. Previously, heserved as a professional managerat United Artists Music Publish-ing. He was also in the artistsmanagement division of The Rob-ert Stigwood Organisation.

A&M Promotions (Continued from page 4)In his new capacity as director

of advertising and merchandising,Reitman will be responsible fordeveloping comprehensive cam-paigns for all A&M product andwill work closely with the label'sregional merchandising staffs.

Jeff Ayeroff, a native of Los An-geles and graduate of both UCLAand USC Law School, joinedA&M in October 1974 after prac-ticing entertainment law. He sub-sequently became director ofproduct management and specialassistant to Gil Friesen. In his new

assignment as director of creativeservices, Ayeroff will be responsi-ble for coordinating all aspects ofthe company's image and willwork closely with the advertisingand merchandising department.He will also continue as directorof the label's product manage-ment department.

Ms. La Porta, who joined A&Min 1975 as national advertisingmanager, is a graduate of USCwho previously worked' at Mo-town and Warner Bros. in a simi-lar capacity.

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Oc)SINGLE PICKSJIMMY WEBB-Atlantic 3407IF YOU SEE ME GETTING SMALLER I'M LEAVING

(prod. by George Martin) (writer: Webb)(White Oak, ASCAP) (3:30)

Webb's Atlantic debut is one of his bet-ter efforts of recent years, an unusualballad that shines under George Martin'simpeccable production touch.

DENIECE WILLIAMS-Columbia 3-10556THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (prod. by Maurice

White & Charles Stepney) (writers: Williams-McDonald-Baskett-Groves) (VIP-Newbag) (3:46)

Williams, one of the brightest youngfemale soul stars, could well breakthrough to pop and MOR with a lightballad that should make a lot of friends.

FRANKIE VALLI-Private Stock 154SECOND THOUGHTS (prod. by Charlie Cale11o)

(writer: Paul Anka) (Paulanne, BMI) (3:15)A solid Paul Anka ballad with a romantictheme, a typically well-done Valli vocal-pop and MOR programmers shouldn'thave second thoughts about this.

TANGERINE DREAM-MCA 40740BETRAYAL (SORCERER THEME) (prod. by group)

(writers: Froese-Franke-Baumann) (Leeds/Front Line, ASCAP) (3:38)

This German group hopes that theirsoundtrack for this forthcoming shockerwill hit like Oldfield's "Exorcist" score-synthesizer-dominated, it's scary.

CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR-De-Lite 1592DO IT THE FRENCH WAY (prod. by Frieda Nerangis

& Britt Britton) (writers: same as prod.)(Delightful/Cabrino, BMI) (4:01)

A raft of double-entendres based on TVcommercials make this single an off-beat entry into the disco sweepstakes.R&B and pop are likely, too.

LIGHTHEART-Janus 269THE SONGS SOUND DIFFERENT TO ME NOW

(prod. by Marc Peters) (writers: Nussbaum -Cohn)(Friendly Hippo/Used Tunes, ASCAP) (3:43)

If songs sound different now, there arestill plenty, like this one, that pay tributeto the English pop tradition with strongvocal efforts.

0-Epic 8-50404SWEET SUMMERTIME (prod. by Q & C. Maduri)

(writer: Peckman) (Ameb/Gravenhurst, BMI)2:42)

The album is moving chartward, thesingle is an engaging dance number withseasonal appeal, and the result could bea repeat of the Wild Cherry success.

LIQUID BLUE-HDM 501 (Amherst)AIN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANT (prod. by Hadley

Murrell) (writers: Horan-Murrell-Mirkitani)(H&H Team, ASCAP) (3:17)

This light soul tune establishes an en-joyable groove and stays with it; thechorus, sung by high female voices,should prove memorable to pop listeners.

THE BEACH BOYS-Brother/Reprise 1389HONKIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY (prod. by Brian

Wilson) (writer: Brian Wilson) (Brother, WI)(2:31)

The undisputed masters of the summersong could well hit again with this rock-ribbed driving song. Brian is back, andthe group should soar.

CAROLE BAYER SAGER-Elektra 45395SWEET ALIBIS (prod. by Brooks Arthur)

(writers: Sager-Hamlisch) (Unichappell/Begonia/Red Bullet, BMI) (3:46)

Ms. Sager makes the move from writerto performer with this uniquely -struc-tured ballad. Her voice is distinctive,and the production sets it out front.

BELLAMY BROTHERS-Warner Bros. 8401YOU MADE ME (prod. by Phil Gernhard)

(writer: David Bellamy) (Famous, ASCAP) (3:26)The Bellamys make their hardest -rockingstatement yet with an engaging songthat should take its blend of a goodmelody with rock touches up the charts.

ELKIE BROOKS-A&M 1953SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN (prod. by Jerry Leiber

& Mike Stoller) (writer: Ellie Greenwich)(Unart, BMI) (3:23)

Leiber-Stoller production and an EllieGreenwich song . . . Brooks isn't quitein the Brill Building mold, but her rendi-tion of this song does her proud.

THE ELUSIONS-Epic 8-50402I'D LIKE TO SAY I LOVE YOU (prod. by Michael

Zager) (writers: G. Mitchell -B. Soehner)(Sumac, BMI/Louise-Jack, ASCAP) (3:36)

Distinctive production touches - thatclarinet break, for instance - set off afine r&b ballad with a good vocal, some-what in a Harold Melvin vein.

MFSB-Phila. Intl. 8 3626 (CBS)PICNIC IN THE PARK (prod. by Kenneth Gamble &

Leon Huff) (writers: same as prod.) (MightyThree, BMI) (2:40)

It's another tested summertime theme, ahot disco number with particular signi-ficance for the time of year, that couldwell be a dance, r&b and pop choice.

NRBQ-Red Rooster 1001RIDIN' IN MY CAR (prod. not given)

(writer: Al Anderson) (NRBQ,, ASCAP) (2:52)This Connecticut outfit could have itsfirst major hit with a rock 'n' roll sagaof lost love with some appropriate poptouches, sure to get good mileage.

BABYFACE-ASI 1011HOW LONG CAN A ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND KEEP ON

CARRYING ON (prod. by Dan Holmes)(writer: Barth) (Tektra, BMI) (2:51)

This Minneapolis -based group comescloser to a national hit with each release;this crisp pop -rock tune with a familiartheme could take them all the way.

AALON-Arista 0249CREAM CITY (prod. by Jerry Goldstein)

(writers: Aalon Butler -Jerry Goldstein)(Milwaukee, BMI) (3:20)

Aalon (that's Ay -Ion, folks) finds a

powerful riff early on and it carries thisengaging rhythm and blues number. Itcould well be his first chart hit.

STEPHEN DEES-RCA 11018COUNTING ON YOU (prod. by Daryl Hall with

Stephen Dees) (writer: Dees) (Little Gino, BMI)(3:09)

Dees, the former bassist with Daryl Hall& John Oates, is an able pop craftsmanhimself, as this single, a rock and soultune with interesting changes, shows.

THE MOUSEKETEERS--Buena Vista 569DISCO MOUSE (prod. by Al Capp) (writer: Jimmie

Dodd) (Walt Disney, ASCAP) (2:52)

20 years later, the Mickey Mouse Clubtheme has been rearranged for the discos(and hipper little kids) with sax work byTom Scott. Why? Because we like you.

THE FLOATERS-ABC 12284FLOAT ON (prod. by Woody Wilson) (writers: Willis -

Ingram -Mitchell) (ABC/Dunhill/Woodsong's,BMI) (4:13)

Cut down from an 11:49 original, thissingle is already receiving some popattention, and with a light, rhythmicstyle has MOR and r&b prospects, too.

TROOPER-MCA 40738WE'RE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME (prod. by Randy

Bachman) (writers: Smith -McGuire) (LittleLegend/Legendary, BMIC/BMI) (3:30)

The chorus, oft -repeated and catchy, isthe hook here on a pleasant sing -alongsong with a message of sorts. Its partyspirit could make it a hit.

THE GAP BAND-Tattoo 10990 (RCA)LITTLE BIT OF LOVE (prod. by John Ryan)

(writers: Kossoff-Kirke-Rogers-Fraser) (Ackee,ASCAP) (2:58)

A fine Free composition from some yearsback is given a good r&b-reggae treat-ment here. It has a positive, enjoyablefeel, and could well be a summer hit.

TOUCH-Brunswick 55538ME AND YOU (prod. by Tony Valor & Tom Moulton)

(writer: Touch) (Julio-Brian/Usti, BMI( (2:59)Female vocals dominate this smooth,pleasant dance number that combineselements of an r&b ballad with a familiar,thumping uptempo arrangement.

GARRETT SCOTT-West End 1204NA NA KISS HIM GOODBYE (prod. by Garrett Scott)

(writers: DeCarlo-Frasher-Leka) (Chappell, BMI)(3:38)

Scott was lead singer of Steam whenthis song was a hit for them in 1969;here, the "hey heys" have been dropped,the tempo speeded to disco pace.



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WORLDRICHARD PRYOR'S GREATEST HITS

Warner Bros. BSK 3057 (7.981Pryor's distinct brand of humor bitesthrough these two sides of materialculled from his "Craps (After Hours),""That Nigger's Crazy" and "Is It Some-thing I Said" albums with the additionof the previously unreleased "Ali" skit.Radio stations will encounter sometrouble finding programmable material,but it's never hurt his sales in the past.

LIFESTYLE (LIVING & LOVING)JOHN KLEMMER-ABC AB 1007 (6.98)Klemmer's mellow sound which he hasbeen forging of late, places less emphasison electronics with more attention topure blowing. He creates a series ofsensitive instrumental moods with histenor sax work which is highlighted bysome very tasteful arrangements andoccasional strings.

LIFELINEROY AYERS UBIQUITY-Polydor PD -1-6108 (6.981Ayers has disco-fied his sound as neverbefore and the results should reach amuch wider audience. With an excellentlead vocalist in Sylvia Cox and Ayers'vibes and electric piano work, he offers aset of tunes covering jazz, r&b and discostylings. "Lifeline," and "CincinnatiGrowl" are highlights.

THE BOOK OF INVASIONSHORSLIPS-DJM DJLPA-10 (6.98)A "Celtic Symphony" is how the groupdescribes this cross pollination of rockforms and traditional Irish music. Thegroup's seventh Ip (fourth to be releasedhere) draws inspiration from a twelfthcentury chronicle of the pre -Christiancolonization of Ireland. Concepts aside,the music is imaginative and exciting.

SORCERER(AN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)-MCA 2277 (6.98)The soundtrack to William Friedkin'slatest shock epic is performed byTangerine Dream, who the directorcites as "a major inspiration" for thefilm itself. The group composed theeerie, synthesized music without havingseen footage of the film and yet, asFriedkin says, "The film and the scoreare inseparable."

NEW DIRECTIONSTHE METERS-Warner Bros. BS 3042 (6.981New Orleans' number one rhythm outfithas finally made the kind of album it haswanted to all along under the produc-tion guidance of David Rubinson. TheIp is made up in large part of originalmaterial (Peter Tbsh's "Stop That Train"the notable exception) with the groupshowing much improvement.

SHAUN CASSIDYSHAUN CASSIDY-Warner/Curb BS 3067 (6.98)This latest teenage heart throb who hasbeen tearing up the charts with his re-vival of the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron"has come up with an album full of songsin the same vein. Notable among themare Eric Carmen's "That's Rock 'N' Roll,"and "Take Good Care Of My Baby."

ALBUM PICKSSEASON OF LIGHTSLAURA NYRO-Columbia PC 34786 (6.98)Recorded on her long awaited "come-back" tour of last summer, Nyro is inexcellent voice and her band (withJohn Tropea, Richard Davis, Andy New-mark among others) is superb. Her sultryreading of "And When I Die," "SweetBlindness," and "Upstairs By A ChineseLamp"-insure a good response.

HOT TRACKSNAZARETH-A8M SP -4643 (6.981Already a proven seller as an import ina slightly different package, these dozentracks culled from six Ips and a single,point to the global success of a bandwith an impressive catalogue of material."Love Hurts" did it for them here and"This Flight Tonight" sounds like thebelated but obvious follow-up.

LOOK TO THE RAINBOWAL JARREAU-Warner Bros. 2BZ 3052 18.98)Having emerged last year as a stellarinterpreter of other people's materialwith two excellent albums, this uniquesong stylist has chosen mostly originaltunes with this two record set recordedon a recent European tour. Utilizing hisexpressive voice as an instrument, Jar-reau cuts through jazz, rock and r&b.

PARADISE BALLROOMTHE GRAEME EDGE BAND-London PS 686 (6.98)Edge's second post Moody Blues albumhas a distinct soulful flavor, the result ofsome recording of strings and horns atArdent Studios in Memphis. The group'spolished sound is achieved in most partfrom the vocals and the improved guitarwork of Adrian Gurvitz. The title trackand "Everybody Needs Somebody" top.

ROCK & ROLL WITH THE MODERNLOVERS

JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS-Beserkley PZ-34800 (CBS) (6.98)

To say that Richman is an eclectic artistwould be an understatement. Openingsides one and two with a Chinese andSouth American folk song, he goes onto provide his own distinct and often-times bizarre insights with acoustic in-strumentation to offer a unique soundquality.

PIERCE ARROWColumbia PC 34805 (6.98)The group is comprised of Jeff Kent,Doug Lubahn, Robin Batteau, DavidBuskin, Werner Fritzsching and BobbyChouinard, six people who have beenwith various groups, and together, haveformed a kind of east coast AmericanFlyer. The beat of the N.Y. streets canbe felt in the lyric.

DANCING IN YOUR HEADORNETTE COLEMAN-Horizon SP -722 (A8M1 (6.98)A significant Ip from one of jazz's mostsignificant saxmen, only Coltrane has hadas important an influence on the music.Recorded last March, the Ip combineseastern and western improvisationaljazz forms.




Fresh from her recent sold -out tour, Olivia sparkles on her new album."Making A Good Thing Better" the single and album produced by John Farrar.

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THE C *ASTBy SAMUEL GRAHAM and SAM SUTHERLAND

I TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN, not even an undercover L. A. sheriff'soffice agent, which may have been part of the problem a week orso ago when the long-and, in this case, plainclothes-arm of thelaw nabbed Waits and collaborator Chuck Weiss in one of the weird-est scenarios we've heard in a while.

As everyone but the tour bus conductor knows, Waits generallyresides in the Tropicana Motor Hotel, one of Santa Monica Boule-vard's less, uh, imposing architectural wonders and site of Duke'sCoffee Shop, unofficial Elektra/Asylum commissary and home of somepretty funky omelettes. Duke's clientele has always been heavilyinfiltrated by music biz folks and long -hair players, but on one recentafternoon, when Waits and Weiss had been in for some coffee andgrub, three LASO agents were standing by the register.

As reconstructed by Herb Cohen, with help from some of the 20or so eyewitnesses, agents Whelan, St. Clair and Irmas had been atthe front of the shop when Waits and Weiss were paying their bill.When one of the agents reportedly called a long-haired young per-son (the type inclined to rock 'n' roll, we're told) a "freak," thekid was understandably amused, and reported the comment to theroom at large, triggering some replies from the regulars.

From there out the details are murky, but a witness is believedto have made a crack to one of the agents about Waits' drinking,leading to a rapid exit to the street, in pursuit of the poets. Waits andWeiss were arrested; as was a bystander, one Peter Graves, who hadattempted to intervene, shouting, "What the hell are you guys doing?These two didn't do anything."

The agents thought otherwise, although they had some difficultydeciding just what it was Waits and friend did. Their report allegesthat Waits had challenged them to a fight while still inside, and hadbeen waiting for that rumble when the LASO boys emerged on thestreet. Initial charges of drunk and disorderly and homosexual solicit-ing-the latter particularly amusing, in view of Tom's rather saltyand pronounced old-line hetero stance-were eventually reduced todisturbing the peace.

But Cohen isn't so amused he's letting it slide. At press time, he'drounded up a long list of witnesses to testify. As for Waits, he washis usual philosophical self: he turned up at a taping for "FernwoodTonight" not long after, where he told host Martin Mull, "I'd ratherhave a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

We'll drink to that.IT USED TO BE THE SILVER SCREEN, but now it's vinyl, what

with the considerable amount of pop artists who've been contrib-uting to film soundtracks lately. Roderick Falconer and Peter Iveshave produced the music for "Grand Theft Auto," a film producedby Jon Davison and starring "Happy Days'" Ron Howard (who alsodirected, his first gig in that capacity). The music was written byIvers, and he will perform it with his band, which seems to be calledNirvana, Cuba. Ivers and Falconer also co -produced the latter's newUA album, "Victory in Rock City," which is slated for a July 7 release.

Meanwhile, Hoyt Axton has been at MRI studios, producing cer-tain songs for Peter Fonda's new "Outlaw Blues" flick. Participantshave included Jerry Jeff Walker, Steven Fromholz and Jeff Baxter . . .

Seals and Crofts have been doing some film work of their own-the duo will be heard on the Paul Williams/Charles Fox soundtrackfor "One On One," a new Warner Bros. film, and they are alsoworking on the score for an animated Hungarian picture, "ForeverLike A Rose."

PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW: COAST is sorry to hear thatPeter Knight and Bob Johnson have left Steeleye Span, apparentlyto pursue independent production projects. Respectively violinistand guitarist for Steeleye, Knight and Johnson have spent a lot oftime recently working on a musical version of Lord Dunsany's (a19th century poet) "fairy tale for adults" called "The King of Elfland'sDaughter," and may try to adapt the work for stage or screen. Butthe news about Steeleye Span isn't all bad, though: Martin Carthy,a highly respected English musician and original Span member, willrejoin the band, which should more than take up the slack left byKnight and Johnson. We gather that Carthy will be playing melodeon,while John Kirkpatrick will be added on concertina.

LET THE SMOOTH SIDE SHOW: Jesse Winchester's long-awaited(and in this case, that's the truth) appearance at the Roxy finallycame to pass a couple of weeks ago, and it was worth every bitof the wait. Winchester's songs, voice, band, personality, you nameit, had a charm that was simply irresistible-and if the current tourdoesn't move his appeal from cult status to full-fledged "star" (a

(Continued from page 69)

On The Case

Swan Song recording group Detective kicked off a brief stay in New York City recentlywith a visit to the studios of WNEW-FM, visiting with program director Scott Muni andmusic director Tom Morrera. At an executive meeting afterward with the Atlantic staff,a decision was firmed to rush -release the edited version of "Recognition" (openingtrack from their debut Ip) as the band's first single. Shown at WNEW-FM are, fromleft: road manager Steve Vando, Atlantic's national pop album promotion directorTunc Erim, Detective's Jon Hyde, Bobby Pickett and Michael Monarch, Scott Muni,Detective's Tony Kaye and Michael des Barres, Greg Monday and Roger Shepard of theDavid Forest Co., and Atlantic's east coast publicity manager Art Collins.

'Midnight Special' Innovations(Continued from page 8)various acts, though critically ac-claimed and with followings ofthe cult variety, were not neces-sarily chart blockbusters - havenot been common in recentyears, nor have they been particu-larly successful. "The MidnightSpecial" itself has tended increas-ingly towards MOR or top 40-oriented artists; ABC's "In Con-cert" series, with a philosophycloser to "Soundstage" and Ehr-lich's new "Midnight Special" for-mats, succumbed long ago to badratings, and "Don Kirshner's RockConcert" has not been consist-ently strong in the Nielsens,either. But audiences are chang-ing, says Ehrlich; the generationthat grew up with rock and rollin the 60s has come of age, andthis is the generation that watch-es most of the pure music shows(as opposed to the musical/va-riety type) on television. The Ben-son and Little Feat formats are

attracting this and a younger au-dience ("We don't feel we're los-ing any of 'The Midnight Spe-cial's' regular audience," Ehrlichsays, "but we are bringing in awhole new set of viewers."), andthe hope is that eventually simi-lar programs will invade theprime -time hours.

The new formats will be addedgradually, one every five to sevenweeks; the producers, while theyadmit they are taking a chancewith lesser -known talent, are con-fident that they can build on "TheMidnight Special's" reputation asa solid, perenially successfulshow. "This isn't a purely altru-istic move," Ehrlich says, "wherewe've just decided that thesepeople are all so great that theydeserve their own TV show. Wefully expect to help ourselves,too, by showing that new, cre-ative things can be done on net-work TV."

TRACKS(A survey of key album cuts from selected nationally selling 1ps)

Album Label Top 40 Panel FM Airplay Panel

HeartCat Stevens

PortraitA&M

BarracudaOld

Schoolyard

BarracudaOld Schoolyard

Little Feat WB Time Loves High RollerA Hero

Dave Mason Columbia So High So HighBonnie Raitt WB Runaway RunawayDickey Betts Arista Out To California Blues

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"Little Queen," the second successful Ip for the Canadian groupHeart, was RW's choice for Tracks' investigation this week. Thefirst single, "Barracuda," is the definite motivation for saleswith both FM and top 40 in agreement. FM also considered the

Ltitle cut and "Love Alive" to be favored by some.



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RADIO W RLDWOL(Continued from page 3)mensions Unlimited-to discussthe deejays' promotion activitiesthrough their own company, DJProductions. The last line of theletter read: "I have hours oftapes recorded by an independ-ent company confirming suchpayola and plugola practices atWOL."

FCC attorneys questioned Wil-liam Washington about the tapestwo weeks ago (RW, June 4), ask-ing why they had not been turnedover to the commission withother documents earlier in theyear when the WOL probe began.Washington said he had noknowledge of the tapes and hadnot seen the letter to WOL be-fore it was sent.

Washington's testimony, Shrin-sky said last week, was "truthful."Shrinsky explained that he hadarranged for taping early last year,"but the person doing the tapingdidn't do a very good job. Theywere amateurs." Shrinsky wouldnot reveal whom he had asked tomonitor the station, stating sim-ply, "It was someone in some-body else's office."

The nonexistent tapes repre-

sent the second time that thepromoters have had to reveal in-formation detrimental to theircase against the deejays. Twoweeks ago, William Washingtonwas confronted with two versionsof a contract for the same showfeaturing Al Green. Washingtonhad claimed that he jointly pro-duced the Green show with theWOL deejays in 1975. The con-tract fot that show which he gaveto the FCC reflected that jointventure. However, Green ap-peared before the FCC the daybefore Washington and said thecontract he had received did notshow the deejays' participation atall. Green produced a copy ofthe final contract with the namesof the announcers and their com-pany blocked out. Washingtonlater admitted to doctoring thedocument and said he had doneit after being urged to take overfull responsibility for the Greenprogram.

The FCC hearings into the WOLallegations were suspended lastweek for the second time in asmany weeks. They are expectedto resume shortly.

AGAC To Continue Weekly Rap Sessions11 NEW YORK - Lew Bachman,director of AGAC (The AmericanGuild of Authors and Compos-ers), has announced that theGuild's weekly free rap sessionsfor songwriters will continuestraight through the summer.

The June 16 lunchtime semi-nar to be held at the AGAC officewill feature artist/writer/pub-lisher Hector Stratta, who will beon hand at noon to field ques-

Paul Drew(Continued from page 4)Case, although now as head ofhis own firm.

Drew told RW the decision toreturn to his earlier independentstatus began in the fall of '76."It's been in the works for a longtime," he commented. There areno plans for any announcementof a staff lineup for the consult-ancy prior to July 1.

Asked why Drew felt the tim-ing was right for the return toconsulting, he said, "For two rea-sons. One is that I have extremeconfidence in the people who areprogramming the stations now ona day-to-day basis. I really don'tneed to supervise their activitiesthat closely.

"And it seems to me that I'vegot some things I've wanted todo for awhile still ahead of me,and now I'll have a lot more time

lions on all aspects ofbusiness.

Don Oriolo, professional man-ager of April/Blackwood, will ap-pear on June 23 and EstelleLevitt, _staff writer at Chappell,will be; guest "pro" on Thursday,June 30.

The ASKAPRO seminars areopen to all cleffers who call theAGAC (212-757-8833) N.Y. office,40 We4t 57th Street.

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to do them." Drew views theshift as having little impact onthe RKO operation, stressing that"All that has really changed isthe structure, which now allowsme to grow and develop a greaterclient list on a non-competitivebasis." He has also noted an in-terest in branching out into otherareas of the entertainment indus-try and pursuing unspecified gov-ernmental interests.

At RKO Radio, inside sourcesamong the chain's programmersconfirmed that Drew's exit isn'texpected to affect the chain's pro-gramming, since he will continueas consultant. There are no plansto appoint a new executive toDrew's vacated vice presidency.

Drew served in his capacity asprogramming VP for the chain forfour years.

AM ACTI N(Compiled by the Record World research department)

B Jimmy Buffett (ABC). Coming all the way in, addingWRKO, Y100 and KTLK to the expanding list of primarymarkets airing the disc. Stays #1 Z93, #3 WQXI andgoes 12-5 KLIF, 5-4 WLAC, 11-9 KJR, 28-17 KCBQ,HB-28 KHJ, HB-26 KFRC, 25-22 WFIL, 9-8 WQAM, 18-14WPGC, 11-10 WHBQ, 24-22 WCOL, 28-25 WOKY and17-14 KSLQ.

England Dan & John Ford Coltly (Big Tree). Thegradual buildup over the last few weeks has splitwide open this week with major market adds and strongupward movement on all radio charts. New on WRKO,WHBQ, KDWB, KSTP, KILT, KBEQ, WPRO-FM and KERN.Numbers include 27-20 WPGC, 21-17 WMAK, 24-21 WOKY,22-19 KSLQ, 18-15 WQAM, 23-20 13Q, 24-20 WKBW,22-21 WQXI, LP -36 WLAC, HB-29 Z93 ,33-30 WCOL,13-12 KXOK, 26-25 KCBQ, 22-15 KLUE, 26-17 KMGK,10-7 WFLB, 32-27 KAKC, HB-28 K100, 21-15 KKLSand 29-24 KKXL.

Heart (Portrait). This first releaseoff the rightly successful LP, thefirst on the new label, hits hard thisweek with KFRC, WGCL, Z93, KSLQ andWOKY. Also on KXOK, KJR and WQXI,among others. (Note: LP is 13 with abullet from 28 on this week's LPchart.)

Peter McCann (20th Century). Hitsthe top 5 in Milwaukee (9-5 WOKY) and scoops up ahandful of new primary call letters along the way.New on WFIL, WGCL, Q102 and KTLK. The numberscontinue to tell an extremely positive picture:28-18 WMAK, HB-30 Z93, 24-18 KCBQ, HB-25 KJR, 19-15KSTP, 21-17 KXOK, 26-23 KSLQ, 28-25 WCOL, extra -19WLAC, 23-20 WHBQ, extra -28 WPGC, 26-23 WQAM, HB-2913Q, 28-25 WKBW, 14-9 WAIR, 23-18 KCBQ, 12-8 KERN,22-18 B100, 33-27 KNOE, 26-24 WIFI, 27-23 KSLY,35-30 KAKC and HB-23 WCAO.

Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb).Already #1 in at least five keymarkets -- WLS 12-1, CKLW 1-1, WOKY2-1, WRKO 3-1, WCOL 1-1 -- and headedin that direction for everyone whoplays it. 13-6 WQXI, 7-3 WFIL, 21-15WPGC, HB-24 KFRC, 24-14 WHBQ, 38-30WLAC, 24-8 KSLQ, HB-17 KJR, 16-13

James Taylor KHJ, 16-13 KLIF, 3-2 WDRQ, 20-16 Z93,30-24 WMAK, 15-12 WQAM, 28-23 13Q and 9-9 Y100.


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RADII SHORT TAKESBy PORTIA GIOVINAZZO

II The legal department of the National Association of Broadcastershas announced the publication of a 600 -page guide to provide guid-ance to radio and television stations on FCC -related problems theyencounter in their day-to-day operations. It has been available sinceJune 6 at a cost of $35 for NAB members and $70 for non-members. . . Six radio stations owned by Swanson Broadcasting, Inc. havejoined the National Association of Broadcasters. The new membersare KKNG, KRMG, KKYX, KLEO, WBYU and KOEO . . . Torn Barsantiexits WOW to act as operations manager at KCMO. Eric Fox willmaintain his MD position while also taking the responsibilities of




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The members of this bandhave impressive credentials.Jeff Kent and Doug Lubahnoriginally came from Dreams,byway of Clear Light and TheDoors. Robin Batteau appearedwith Compton & Batteau andAppaloosa, while David Buskinhas two solo albums and aworldwide tour with MaryTravers to his credit. WernerFritzsching's worked witheveryone from Herbie Mann toDave Mason. And BobbyChouinard, after graduatingfrom the legendary newEngland band Orphan, went onto play with Tom Rush andJonathan Edwards.

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Industry Product Coding(Continued from page 3)memberships for the approval ofthe proposed code by the UPCCouncil, which is expected tovote on the measure on June 28.With early indications that pas-sage of the proposal will bequickly achieved, manufacturers'representatives in attendance pre-dicted that bar codes would beappearing on albums as early asSeptember of this year.

Although the UPC format aspresented' to the Council willprovide code components for 12inch stereo disks, stereo eight -track cartridges, cassettes andsingles, only albums are expectedto be coded during the firstmonths of the system's imple-mentation, owing to as yet unre-solved problems in packagingand product size for the otherconfigurations.

The format as outlined in themeeting is the same basic ten -digit computer readable barcode that emerged as the mostlikely solution to the recordingindustry's coding needs duringthe committee's first meetinghere in October (RW, Oct. 23,1976). Although early codestructures probed the possibiiltyof incorporating price informa-tion, the final format comprisesa four -digit manufacturers num-

ber, five -digit selection designa-tor, and single digit configura-tion number. The use of supple-mental codes to imbed pricinginformation, an early topic ofdiscussion, remained an openquestion, although there waslittle apparent interest from the

manufacturers there in resortingto such a code. Thus, supple -the discretionary use of com-panies applying for a manufac-turers' number.

To facilitate manual data re-trieval, as well as permit aninterface with OCR scanning

ABBA Gets ASCAP Award

Stig Andersson, co -writer of the recent ABBA single "Fernando," and Artwork Musicowner Ivan Mogul! congratulate each other after receiving ASCAP Award plaques forthe song. ASCAP awards the plaques to the writer, publisher, artist, producer andrecord company of any work licensed by the Society which reaches the top ten of thetrade charts.

equipment already in use bysome large wholesaler and re -mental codes were left open totailers, the code will also in-clude human -readable charac-ters, dropped below the charac-teristic computer -readable barcode, printed in OCR font "A."Those operations using the OCRformat will need to programtheir systems for retrieval of theOCR -printed number.

Anticipation of resistance fromsome artists and art directors tothe addition of a bar code toliner graphics has led to earlyconsideration of reducing theoverall symbol size and theadded option of truncating thesymbol's height. But after evalu-ating the printing tolerances re-quired for a suggested 80 per-cent reduction of the optimum100 percent symbol, whichmeasures 1" by 11/2", it wasagreed that the 100 percentformat would be recommended,and manufacturers should wait tosee how preliminary printingtests fare before reducing sym-bols below 90 percent of opti-mum size.

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C PY WRITES(A Report on the Music Publishing Scene)

By PAT BAIRD RUMORS AND GOOD POSSIBILITIES, CONTINUED AND PART 1:We reported in the last Copy Writes column that there was "streettalk" about two very well known N. Y. publishers taking over thehelm at one of the giant publishing houses. Since that report, streettalk has become common knowledge and still no one is talking offi-cially. Meanwhile, we hear that the position one of the well-known,publishers is about to vacate will be filled by one of N. Y.'s moregregarious publishers who currently works for a much smaller com-pany.

R&GPs PART 2: A recently renovated publisher, with a print rightsdeal with a major, is about to start an in-house print division. Theman rumored to head up that operation is currently with one of thebig independents, working in another area.

Now that the U.S. has finally passed a new copyright law, theCanadian government is wrestling with their own law, originallyadopted in 1923.

The Canadian Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs is cur-rently looking into possible revisions and recently issued a 300 pagereport on the subject. The key change in copyright use would be tobase mechanical rates on percentages of manufacturers' list prices,as it is used now in Europe. It is speculated that the mechanical rate,when adopted, would be between eight and 10 percent.

Canadian publishers will submit suggestions to the Ministry by theend of 1977 (Canada has no real lobbyists) and public hearings on theproposed revisions should begin early next year. However, it is esti-mated that it will take three to five years for a new copyright lawto go into effect.

LOTS OF COVERS . . . TWO DISCS: Shaun Cassidy, the new faverave among the pre -teen set, is already bulleting up the RW chartswith his version of the Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector classic"Da Doo Ron Ron." His first album for Warner/Curb also features"Hey There Lonely Girl," "Take Good Care of My Baby," "Be MyBaby" (originally done by The Ronettes) and Eric Carmen's "That'sRock and Roll" (written while he was still with the Raspberries). And

title tune from his next Arista solo album,"Boats Against the Current," seems to be getting as much pre-releaseattention for its cover possibilities as did his recent hit single, "AllBy Myself." He's published by C.A.M.-U.S.A. . . . For her first albumon the Portrait label, Joan Baez picked two English songs, GavinSutherland's "Sailin" and Stevie Winwood's "Many A Mile to Free-dom." "Sailin" has also been covered by Rod Stewart, Long JohnBaldry and Genya Raven. The original was by The Sutherland Brothersand Quiver. It's published by Island.

William Bell ("Trying' To Love Two") is pacting with Chappell.Look for an official announcement next week . . . Bob Crewe, stillrecuperating from an automobile accident of several months back,has released his first solo album on Elektra, "Motivation." He co -wrote all the songs and most are published by his Heart's DelightMusic. "Somethin' Like Nothin' Before," co -written by L. RussellBrown, was just released by Billy Vera on Midsong.

TEEVEE: CBS -TV picked "It's A Whole New Thing" by DominickBugatti and Frank Musker as the theme song for the network's newseason teaser campaign. The song is published by April/Blackwood. . . Hagood Hardy (Attic Music/Canada) just finished scoring a CBSMovie of The Week, "Tell Me My Name." Hardy also scored Hal Hol-brook's new film, "Rituals," and "Second Wind," starring LindsayWagner. Attic is with ATV here.

PRODUCING: Charles Koppelman of The Entertainment Companyis set to produce the next Dolly Parton album for RCA. Dolly appar-ently has a lot of her own material but Koppelman is looking formore . . . RELEASING: "Do You Ever Think of Me," winner of theamateur easy listening category at The American Song Festival, willbe released on UA next week by Richard Baron (the writer) andMike Murro. It's published by E. B. Marks . . . Larry Coryell's educa-tional album, "Improvisation From Jazz to Rock," will be released inJuly by Guitar Player Books/Records. The notes accompanying thealbum will feature exact transcriptions of the songs and detailedplaying tips.

NAMED: Eddie Lambert, past general manager of Haven Records,to general professional manager of Mike Stewart's Interworld Music.He'll be working with the Six Continents (BMI) and World Song Mu-sic (ASCAP) catalogues ... Rick Shoemaker, newly appointed generalprofessional manager of the ABC Music Companies, named BrianGreer as assistant professional manager. Greer was with WarnerBros. Music.

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Singer -writer Neal Fox, whose first RCA Records album, "A Painting," has just beenreleased, gave a showcase performance at Tramps recently for agents, producersand RCA executives. In attendance, too, were officials from Faberge, who are pro-moting a cologne called "Babe" with Fox's new single of that title. Shown here(from left) are Larry Palmacci, RCA's product merchandising manager who arrangedthe Faberge promotion; Stan Krell, general manager of Brut's music division; moviestar Tamara Dobson, a Faberge spokeswoman; Neal Fox; and multi -Academy Award-winning composer Sammy Cahn.

CBS Intl NamesMoore Personnel Dir.

NEW YORK-Edward A. Moorehas been appointed to the posi-tion of director, personnel, CBSRecords International, by PaulRussell, vice president and assist-ant to the president.

In his new post, Moore willbe responsible for directing allpersonnel activities for CRI,regional offices and subsidiarycompanies overseas. He replacesReginald Maton, who is movingto other responsibilities.

Moore came to CBS in 1972 asa benefits analyst with the treas-urer's department. In 1973 hejoined the compensation depart-ment as a compensation managerand most recently has held theposition of manager, exemptcompensation.

Epic Promotes Kirksey NEW YORK-Jon Kirksey hasbeen appointed to the post ofregional album promotion man-ager, southwest region, Epic, Por-trait and Associated Labels. Theannouncement was made by JimJeffries, director, national promo-tion, Epic Records.

DutiesIn his position, Kirksey

will be responsible for all albumpromotion activity to FM pro-gressive radio stations in thesouthwest region. He will reportdirectly to Rick Swig, director,national album promotion, Epic,Portrait and Associated Labels.

Kirksey has been involved inthe music business for 14 years.He joined Epic Records in 1973as local promotion manager,southwest region.

Thomas Picks Peaches

MCA Recording artist Mickey Thomas made an in-store appearance recently at PeachesRecords & Tapes in Atlanta to help promote his debut album, "As Long As You LoveMe." Pictured outside the store are, from left: Rick Rockhill, MCA Atlanta promotion;Jeff Scheible, MCA southeastern district manager; Stan Gleason, Peaches store man-ager; Mickey Thomas; Mrs. Mickey Thomas; Jim Hardiman, MCA Atlanta salesman;Glenn Homer, MCA Atlanta sales manager; Jack Quinn, MCA southern regionalproduct development manager.



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JUNE 18, 19771. DEVIL'S GUN

C.J. 8 CO./Westbound (disco disc)2. I FEEL LOVE

DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca (Ip cut)3. I NEED A MAN

GRACE JONES/Beam Junction(disco disc)

4. COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THISIDRIS MUHAMMAD/Kudu (Ip cut)

5. MAGIC BIRD OF FIRESALSOUL ORCHESTRA/Salsoul

(disco disc)6. CERRONE'S PARADISE/TAKE ME

CERRONE/Malligator (import Ip cuts)7. DOCTOR LOVE

FIRST CHOICE/Gold Mind (disco disc)8. SWEET DYNAMITE

CLAUDJA BARRY/Salsoul (Ip cut)9. DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY

WITH MEPETER BROWN/TK (disco disc)

10. SUPERSTAR/LET'S GO ALL THEWAY DOWN

BRENDA & THE TABULATIONS/ChocolateCity (Ip cuts)

11. WINGS OF FIREDENNIS COFFEY/Westbound (Ip cut)

12. THE MAGIC IS YOUJOHN DAVIS 8 THE MONSTER

ORCHESTRA/Sam (Ip medley)13. BEST OF MY LOVE

EMOTIONS/Columbia

14. I'VE FOUND LOVELOVE 8 KISSES/Rei-vera (import Ip cut)

15. LOVE'S UNKINDDONNA SUMMER/Casablanca (Ip cut)

16. GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARVIN GAYE/Tamla (Ip cut)

17. TURN THIS MUTHA OUT/TASTY CAKES

IDRIS MUHAMMAD/Kudu (Ip cuts)18. YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF/

I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE/THE MORE I GET, THE MOREI WANT

TEDDY PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl.(Ip cuts)

19. DISCOMANIATHE LOVERS/TK (disco disc)

20. SLOW DOWNJOHN MILES/London (disco disc)

Ira Heilicher(Continued from page 4)

which had been purchased fromHeilicher Bros. and then later re-named. "It was just coincidentalthat the timing was so close tothe acquisition of Pickwick byAmerican Can Co.

"If there's any regret in myleaving, it's that I've chosen toseparate myself from the bestmarketing team in the industry."

In Woodbury, N.Y., there wasno corporate comment from Pick-wick International. After Monday(13), Heilicher can be reached at(612) 927-4353.

Bob James Label(Continued from page 3)jazz, it is believed that the labelwill not be devoted exclusively tojazz, but will develop into popareas as well.

James will himself record forthe label and is currently in thestudio working on his next albumwhich will be released before theend of the year.

The agreement between BobJames and Columbia marks thefirst time that Columbia has en-tered into a joint ownership dealwith an artist.

DISC FILE(A weekly report on current and upcoming discotheque breakouts)

By VINCE ALETTI RECOMMENDED ALBUMS: The record I spent the weekend withwas the Trammps' "Disco Champs" collection, Philadelphia Interna-tional's welcome repackage/remix of the group's early hits for theGolden Fleece label, which includes three previously unreleasedtracks, two of which I must have heard a hundred times in the pastfew days. Included here are excellent if unspectacular new mixesof Trammps favorites like "Stop and Think," "Love Epidemic," "Trust-ing Heart," "Where Do We Go From Here," "Save a Place" and"Trammps Disco Theme"-most of the tracks lengthened by a min-ute or two and cleaned up nicely; nothing fancy but that's just fine-the originals are too perfect to tamper with beyond a certain point.The new material was apparently recorded around the same periodas the other songs (1974-75) and fits into the same smoothly crafted,wonderfully comfortable groove. Both "Promise Me" and "Just Saythe Word" feature Jimmy Ellis' elegantly gritty vocals against thewarm, rich back-up of other male voices and tightly contained pro-ductions that are compact versions of the sort of energetic extrava-ganzas the group has gotten into recently. The third new/old cut is achurning little instrumental called "Oh Waa Hey" that makes pleasantfiller. "Disco Champs" was released with no fanfare several weeksago and, as part of CBS' budget -priced line, it wasn't slated for anybig promo push, but this is a major collector's item for Trammps fansand with the high quality of the remix and new selections, it shouldhave more than a merely nostalgic appeal . . . The famed MunichMachine, Germany's answer to MFSB and the MusicLand Studioshouse band that backs Donna Summer, Roberta Kelly and Giorgio,has its first album out now on Casablanca. One side is a fairly pre -


Discotheque(Listings are in alpha

IPANEMA/NEW YORKDI: Ray Volar.c;J:i...

A CHACUN SON ENFANCE-Recreation-Option (import)

DISCOMANIA-The Lovers-TK(disco disc)

FLICK THE BICK-Rick Dees-RSO Op cut)GET ON THE FUNK TRAIN-Munich

Machine-Casablanca (Ip cut)I'VE FOUND LOVE-Love & Kisses-

Rei-vera (import Ip cut)ISABELLE AND THE RAIN-Jo. Boyer-

JOB (disco disc, not commerciallyavailable)

THE MAGIC IS YOU-John Davis & theMonster Orchestra-Sam (Ip medley)

RITMO NUMBER 1-Paulinho da Costa-Pablo (disco disc)

TRANS -EUROPE EXPRESS/METAL ONMETAL-Kraftwerk-Capitol (Ip cuts)

WINGS OF FIRE-Dennis Coffey-Westbound cut)

TRINITYS/NEW ORLEANSDJ: Stu NealBABY LOVE, SWEET SWEET LOVE/

GONNA HAVE A PARTY-Wilton PlaceStreet Band-Island (disco disc)

COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS/TASTY CAKES-Idris Muhammad-Kudu (Ip cuts)

DEVIL'S GUN-C. J. & Co.-Westbound(disco disc)

EXPRESS YOURSELF-New YorkCommunity Chair-RCA (disco disc)

GET ON THE FUNK TRAIN/LOVE TOLOVE YOU BABY (MEDLEY)-MunichMachine-Casablanca (Ip cuts)

I FEEL LOVE/LOVE'S UNKIND-DonnaSummer-Casablanca (Ip cuts)

LASO SQUARE/ANOTHER STAR-LaSo-MCA (Ip cuts)

MAGIC BIRD OF FIRE-Salsoul Orchestra-Salsoul (disco disc)

NA NA KISS HIM GOODBYE-GarrettScott-West End (disco disc)

SWEET DYNAMITE/DANCE, DANCE,DANCE-Claudja Barry-Salsoulllp cuts)

Hit Paradebetical order, by title)

THE BOATHOUSE/BEACH, DELAWARE

DJ: Tom Webb

CERRONE'S PARADISE/TAKE ME-Cerrone-Malligator (import Ip cuts)

DEVIL'S GUN-C. J. & Co.-Westbound(disco disc)

DOCTOR LOVE-First Choice-Gold Mind(disco disc)

EXPRESS YOURSELF-New YorkCommunity Choir-RCA (disco disc)

I FEEL LOVE-Donna Summer-Casablanca (lp cut)

I NEED A MAN-Grace Jones-BeamJunction (disco disc)

I'VE FOUND LOVE-Love & Kisses-Rei-vera (import Ip cut)

THE MAGIC IS YOU-John Davis & theMonster Orchestra-Sam (Ip medley)

NOWHERE TO RUN-Dynamic Superiors-Motown (Ip cut)

TERROR ON THE DANCE FLOOR-Hot Blood-Dynamo (disco disc)

SIGLO 21/BRONX, NEW YORKDJ: Jorge Wheeler

ANOTHER STAR-LaSo-MCA (disco disc)CERRONE'S PARADISE-Cerrone-

Malligator (import Ip cut)DEVIL'S GUN-C. J. & Co.-Westbound

(disco disc)

HIT AND RUN-Loleatta Holloway-Gold Mind (disco disc)

I FEEL LOVE-Donna Summer-Casablanca (lp cut)

SALSA DISCO PARTY (SIDE B MEDLEY)-Various Artists-TR (Ip medley)

SUPERSTAR/I KEEP COMING BACK FORMORE-Brenda & the Tabulations-Chocolate City (Ip cuts)

SWEET DYNAMITE-Claudja Barry-Salsoul (Ip cut)

TRANS -EUROPE EXPRESS/METAL ONMETAL-Kraftwerk-Capitol (Ip cuts)

WINGS OF FIRE/BOOGIE MUSIC-Dennis Coffey-Westbound (Ip cuts)

Capitol RemodelsRecording StudiosII LOS ANGELES - Capitol's re-cording department is under-going changes to make its studiosmore technically advanced.

The changes include the ex-pansion and remodeling of Studio"B," one of three Capitol record-ing studios. After the finishingtouches are made on construction(by the end of June), the recentlypurchased $160,000 NECAM com-puterized 24 -track music record-ing and mixing console will bebrought in for installation.

To house the new console, aspecial control booth has beendesigned by the recording depart-ment. Other Studio "B" renova-tions include an expanded controlroom to house the new NECAMautomated mixing system, and asecond level artist lounge acces-sible from the control room.

The studios are located on thefirst floor of the Tower in Holly-wood.

Pickwick/American Can(Continued from page 3)

"We view the acquisition ofPickwick as a significant step inour diversification program andone consistent with our goal ofprofitably expanding AmericanCan's consumer products distri-bution business. With the addi-tion of Pickwick, our consumerproducts sales now total almostone billion dollars and accountfor more than 35 percent of pre-tax income," Howard said.

According to Howard, Pick -wick's senior management team,consisting of Amos Heilicher,Daniel Heilicher, Seymour Leslieand C. Charles Smith, will playimportant roles in helping todevelop American Can's futurecourse in consumer products.Smith has been appointed presi-dent and chief operating officerof Pickwick and will be a mem-ber of its management executivecommittee. He had been vicepresident and chief operatingofficer. Leslie has been namedchairman of the management ex-ecutive committee and will focushis efforts in the important areasof future planning, acquisition,and communication. Amos andDaniel Heilicher will play activeroles as industry senior advisorsto Howard, aiding in AmericanCan's consumer product businessdevelopment, and will participateon the management executivecommittee.

Members of Pickwick's man-agement executive committeewill include Howard; William S.Woodside, president of AmericanCan; Lionel N. Sterling, AmericanCan senior vice president andMontague Lewis, head of Pick -wick's U.K. operation.



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JUNE 18, 1977 THE SINGLES CHARTTITLE, ARTIST. Label, Number, (Distributing Label)JUNE JUNE WKS. ON

18 11 CHART

2 GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARVIN GAYE

Tamla T 54280F (Motown) 11

131

11:1

Ell

1

3

5

7

DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC/Warner Bros. WBS 8371

I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/T.K. 1022

GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM "ROCKY") BILL CONTI/United Artists XW940 Y

UNDERCOVER ANGEL ALAN O'DAY/Pacific 001 (Atlantic)

10

16

9

9

6 6 LONELY BOY ANDREW GOLD/Asylum 45384 14

7 4 SIR DUKE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T 54281F (Motown) 12

8 9 WHEN I NEED YOU LEO SAYER/Warner Bros. WBS 8332 17

9 10 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME FOREIGNER/Atlantic 3394 13

10 21 DA DOO RON RON SHAUN CASSIDY/Warner/Curb 8365(WB) 6

11 8 LUCILLE KENNY ROGERS/United Artists XW929 Y 14

El3 16 JET AIRLINER STEVE MILLER BAND/Capitol P 4424 8

15 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE SYLVERS/Capitol P 4405 10

19 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT BARRY MANILOW/Arista 0244 7

15 11 AIN'T GONNA BUMP (WITH NO BIG FAT WOMAN)JOE TEX/Epic 8 50313 14

16 17 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/Capricorn CPS 0270 (WB) 15

17 13 HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES/Asylum 45386 16

1/3 22 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE EAGLES/Asylum 45403 6

19 20 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS HOT/Big Tree BT 16085 (Atlantic) 16

20 27 I'M IN YOU PETER FRAMPTON/A&M 1941 4

24 MARGARITAVILLE JIMMY BUFFETT/ABC 12254 10MIm 26 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING ANDY GIBB/RSO RS 872 (Polydor) 8

23 12 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT CLIMAX BLUES BAND/Sire 736(ABC) 16

al 29 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE PETER McCANN/20th Century 2335 8

25 25 SLOW DANCIN' (DON'T TURN ME ON) ADDRISI BROTHERS/

Buddah BDA 566 11

30 WHATCHA GONNA DO? PABLO CRUISE/A&M 1920 7

27 18 SOUTHERN NIGHTS GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol P 4376 17

28 14 DON'T GIVE UP ON US DAVID SOUL/Private Stock 129 21

36 (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER & HIGHER

RITA COOLIDGE/A&M 1922 7

30 33 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/RCA PB 10970 7

42 KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU ABBA/Atlantic 3387 6

32 34 LUCKENBACH, TEXAS WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA PB 10924 7

Ej 38 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME BARBRA STREISAND/Columbia3 10555 5

41 IT'S SAD TO BELONG ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORDCOLEY/Big Tree BT 16088 (Atlantic) 7

35 35 LOVE'S GROWN DEEP KENNY NOLAN/20th Century 2331 12

36 31 HOLLYWOOD RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN/ABC 12269 837 39 ARIEL DEAN FRIEDMAN/Lifesong 45002 11

46 YOU AND ME ALICE COOPER/Warner Bros. WBS 8349 8

39 40 GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM "ROCKY")MAYNARD FERGUSON/Columbia 3 10468 8

40 62 BARRACUDA HEART/Portrait 6 70004 4

49 PEACE OF MIND BOSTON/Epic 8 50381 7

m 47 YOU'RE MY WORLD HELEN REDDY/Capitol P 4418 6

43 44 SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND/Warner Bros. WBS 8355 9

59 EASY COMMODORES/Motown M 1418F 4

45 28 RICH GIRL DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/RCA PB 10860 21

46 37 I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND NATALIE COLE/Capitol P4360 20

47 32 MAINSTREET BOB SEGER/Capitol P 4422 9

48 45 WHODUNIT TAVARES/Capitol P 4398 14

49 23 LIDO SHUFFLE BOZ SCAGGS/Columbia 3 10491 15

50 68 YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC BAY CITY ROLLERS/Arista 0256 3

51 50 CALLING DR. LOVE KISS/Casablanca 880 15

52 51 RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT JENNIFER WARNES/Arista 0223 17

53 43 HELLO STRANGER YVONNE ELLIMAN/RSO RS 871 (Polydor) 13

54 48 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU ROSE ROYCE/MCA 40662 15

ILO 71 THE KILLING OF GEORGIE (PART I & II) ROD STEWART/Warner Bros. WBS 8396 2

67 TELEPHONE MAN MERI WILSON/GRT 127 3

57 58 GOING IN WITH MY EYES OPEN DAVID SOUL/Private Stock 45150 8

58 60 WATCH CLOSELY NOW KRIS KRISTOFFERSON/Columbia3 10525 5

59 53 TRYING TO LOVE TWO WILLIAM BELL/Mercury 73839 19

60 52 SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO JACKSONS/Epic 8 50530 12

61 63 GOOD THING MAN FRANK LUCAS/ICA 001 6

62 54 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10CC/Mercury 73875 23

1:13 74 I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE TEDDY PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl. ZS8 3622 (CBS) 8

64 66 I'M GOING DOWN ROSE ROYCE/MCA 40721 7

65 69 GIVE A LITTLE BIT SUPERTRAMP/A&M 1938 5

66 70 SLOWDOWN JOHN MILES/London 5N 682 6

75 RUNAWAY BONNIE RAITT/Warner Bros. WBS 8382 4

68 61 ON THE BORDER AL STEWART/Janus 267 8

77 AMARILLO NEIL SEDAKA/Elektra 45406 3

70 73 ALL YOU GET FROM LOVE IS A LOVE SONGCARPENTERS/A&M 1940 5

71 56 SO IN TO YOU ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION/Polydor PD14373 20

80 JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO CROSBY, STILLS & NASH/Atlantic 3401 3

73 55 EVERYBODY BE DANCIN' STARBUCK/Private Stock 45144 10

83 SLIDE SLAVE/Cotillion 44218 (Atlantic) 2

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEKEEI - HANDY MAN

JAMES TAYLOR

Columbia 3 10557 1

76 57 DANCING QUEEN ABBA/Atlantic 3372 27

77 79 UPTOWN FESTIVAL SHALAMAR/Soul Train SB 10885 (RCA) 7

- BEST OF MY LOVE EMOTIONS/Columbia 3 10544 1

89 SAVE ME MERRILEE RUSH/United Artists XW993 Y 3

80 82 SOLSBURY HILL PETER GABRIEL/Atco 7079 19

EU 90 IT FEELS SO GOOD (TO BE LOVED SO BAD)MANHATTANS/Columbia 3 10495 6

82 76 THE PRETENDER JACKSON BROWNE/Asylum 45399 6

94 BLACK BETTY RAM JAM/Epic 8 50357 3

84 84 YOU'RE MOVIN' OUT TODAY BETTE MIDLER/Atlantic 3379 5

- TELEPHONE LINE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/United Artists 1000 1

LIVIN' IN THE LIFE ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck ZS8 2264 (CBS) 1

- NEON NITES ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION/Polydor PD 14397 1

88 93 LADY (PUT THE LIGHT ON ME) BROWNSVILLE STATION/Private Stock 45149 3

89 92 WHILE I'M ALONE MAZE/Capitol P 4392 5

90 - SAVE ME DONNA McDANIEL/Midsong Intl. MB 11005(RCA) 1

91 91 JUKE BOX MUSIC KINKS/Arista 0247 3

92 96 SEASIDE WOMAN SUZIE & THE RED STRIPES/Epic 8 50403 2

93 95 SEE YOU WHEN I GIT THERE LOU RAWLS/Phila. Intl.ZS8 3623 (CBS) 2

94 98 PEOPLE IN LOVE 1 Occ/Mercury 73917 2

95 97 LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME BRAINSTORM/Tabu 10961(RCA) 2

96 86 SO HIGH (ROCK ME BABY AND ROLL ME AWAY)DAVE MASON/Columbia 3 10509 4

97 - ONLY THE LUCKY WALTER EGAN/Columbia 3 10531 1

98 85 RIDIN' THE STORM OUT REO SPEEDWAGON/Epic 8 50367

99 88 I GOTTA KEEP DANCIN' CARRIE LUCAS/Soul Train SB10891 (RCA) 5

100 THIS I SWEAR TYRONE DAVIS/Columbia 3 10528 1

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FLASHMAKER

I'M IN YOUPETER FRAMPTON

A&M

MOST ADDEDI'M IN YOU-Peter Frampton

-A&MAMERICAN STARS 'N BARS

-Neil Young-RepriseDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

! Little River Band-HarvestMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-

! Leon and Mary Russell-Paradise

BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-Portrait

CAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted2 Nugent-Epic

LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABC

PARADISE BALLROOM-! Graham Edge Band-London

WNEW-FM/NEW YORKADDS:ALL HOPPED UP-NRBQ-Red

Rooster

AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME-Mickey Thomas-MCA

BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-Portrait

DIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-LittleRiver Band-Harvest

LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

and Mary Russell-ParadisePARADISE BALLROOM-Graham

Edge' Band-LondonSHIP OF MEMORIES-Focus-SireSTAR WARS (soundtrack) -

20th CenturyTOO LATE TO CRY-Widomaker

-UAHEAVY ACTION (airplay in

descending order):I'M IN YOU-Peter Frampton-

A&MAMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolEVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS

-Supertramp-A&MRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornDARK STAR (single)-Crosby

Stills & Nash-AtlanticBORN TO RUN-Bruce

Springsteen-ColSTAGEPASS-Michael Stanley

Band-EpicCABRETTA-Mink DeVille-Capitol

WBCN-FM/BOSTONADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseBLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-

PortraitDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

Little River Band-HarvestI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

and Mary Russell-ParadiseSTACKED DECK-Rusty Wier-Col

All listings from keyprogressive stations

around the country are

FMIn ith,aebxectei cpatl wo rhdoerro by

STAYING ON THE POSITIVE SIDE-Paul Kelly-WB

THE DOCTOR IS IN-BenSidran-Arista

THUNDERTRAIN-JellyTOO LATE TO CRY-

Widowmaker-UA

HEAVY ACTION (airplay indescending order):

RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WBSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBNOTHING BUT A BREEZE-

Jesse Winchester-BearsvilleCABRETTA-Mink De Ville-

CapitolLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitA REAL MOTHER FOR YA-

Johnny Guitar Watson-DJMPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornA PERIOD OF TRANSITION-

Van Morrison-WB

WLIR-FM/LONG ISLANDADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

Little River Band-HarvestFLYIN'-JTS Band-MercuryFREE FALL-Dixie Dregs-

CapricornI'M IN YOU-Peter


and Mary Russell-ParadiseNEW DIRECTIONS-Meters-WBPARADISE BALLROOM-

Graham Edge Band-LondonPROMISE ME THE MOON-

David Sanborn Band-WBTOO LATE TO CRY-

Widowmaker-UA


I'M IN YOU-PeterFrampton-A&M

BOOK OF DREAMS-SteveMiller Band-Capitol

AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-Neil Young-Reprise

NETHER LANDS-DanFogelberg-Epic

EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS-Supertramp-A&M

NO SECOND CHANCE-Charlie-Janus

IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MSOUVENIR-Billy Joel-ColSLEEPWALKER-Kinks-AristaSAY NO MORE-Les Dudek-Col

WPLR-FM/NEW HAVENADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseBLACK BETTY (single)-

Ram Jam-EpicBLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-


Little River Band-HarvestFREE FALL-Dixie Dregs-

CapricornI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLIVE-Status Quo-CapitolMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

and Mary Russell-ParadisePARADISE BALLROOM-

Graham Edge Bond-LondonSCARLET RIVERA-WB

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,phones in descending order):


Miller Band-CapitolTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WBNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBSONGS FROM THE WOOD-

Jethro Tull-Chrysalis

LITTLE VILLAGE-Quiet CannonLOADING ZONE-Roy

Buchanan-AtlanticCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicCAUGHT LIVE + FIVE-

Moody Blues-London

WCOZ-FM/BOSTONADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-


PortraitI'M IN YOU-Peter


and Mary Russell-ParadiseSING IT, SHOUT IT (single)-

Starz-Capitol


LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MHOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-

AsylumSONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE-

Stevie Wonder-TamlaBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MHERE AT LAST-Bee Gees-RSOROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE-

Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor

BOSTON-Epic

WIOO-FM/PHILADELPHIAADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-


PortraitVASSAR CLEMENTS BAND-MCADIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

Little River Band-HarvestHIGH CLASS IN BORROWED SHOES

-Max Webster-MercuryLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

and Mary Russell-ParadisePARADISE BALLROOM-

Graham Edge Band-LondonPASSENGERS-Gary Burton and

Eberhard Weber-ECMSEASON OF LIGHTS-Laura

Nyro-Col

HEAVY ACTION (airplay,phones in descending order):


FOREIGNER-AtlanticNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolDETECTIVE-Swan SongLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitDECEPTIVE BENDS-10cc-

MercurySWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBEVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS

-Supertramp-A&MNO SECOND CHANCE-

Charlie-Janus

WKLS-FM/ATLANTAADDS:BALCONES FAULT-CreamI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLIVE-Status Quo-CapitolCAROL BAYER SAGER-ElektraSHIP OF MEMORIES-Focus-SireSPIRIT OF A WOMAN-

American Flyer-UA

HEAVY ACTION (airplay):ANYTIME, ANYWHERE-

Rita Coolidge-A&MBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicCHANGES IN LATITUDES-

Jimmy Buffett-ABCFOREIGNER-AtlanticHOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-

Asylum

IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB

WORJ-FM/ORLANDOADDS:CAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

Little River Band-Harvest


RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WBLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitFOREIGNER-AtlanticLET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-ColNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-Epic

WQSR-FM/TAMPAADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseBOOK OF INVASIONS-

Horslips-DJMCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicVASSAR CLEMENTS BAND-MCADETECTIVE-Swan SongFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

Blue ThumbI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MJET LAG-PFM-AsylumNOW-Tubes-A&MSHIP OF MEMORIES-Focus-Sire

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,phones):


CELEBRATE ME HOME-KennyLoggins-Col

EXODUS-Bob Marley andThe Wailers-Island

HURRY SUNDOWN-Outlaws-Arista

IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornSPIRIT OF A WOMAN-

American Flyer-UATIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WB

WINZ-FM/MIAMIADDS:DIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

Little River Band-HarvestLIGHTS OUT-UFO-Chrysalis

HEAVY ACTION (airplay,phones):

AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME-Mickey Thomas-MCA


DECEPTIVE BENDS-10cc-Mercury



IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MJUST A SONG BEFORE I GO (EP)-

Crosby Stills & Nosh-AtlanticPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WB

WMMS-FM/CLEVELANDADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-


Frampton-A&MLAKE-ColLEVELED-Earthquake-BeserkleyLIGHTS OUT-UFO-Chrysalis

OUT OF THE MIST-Illusion-Island

PROMISE ME THE MOON-David Sanborn Band-London

ROCK AND ROLL WITH THEMODERN LOVERS-ModernLovers-Beserkley

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, salesin descending order):


Miller Band-CapitolIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MTHIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL-

Southside Johnny andThe Asbury Jukes-Epic


STAGEPASS--Michael StanleyBand-Epic

GO FOR YOUR GUNS-Isley Brothers-I-Neck

NETHER LANDS-DanFogelberg-Epic

CABRETTA-Mink De Ville-Capitol

AGAIN-Greg Kihn-Beserkley

WEBN-FM/CINCINNATIADDS:A REAL MOTHER FOR YA-

Johnny Guitar Watson-DJMAGAIN-Greg Kihn-BeserkleyAMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABC


WORKS-Emerson, Lake &Palmer-Atlantic

RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBBOOX OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolCHANGES IN LATITUDES-

Jimmy Buffett-ABCLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitCELEBRATE ME HOME-

Kenny Loggins-ColSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBHEAVY WEATHER-Weather

Report-ColNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WB

WCOL-FM/COLUMBUSADDS:CLARK, HICKS, SYLVESTER,

CALVERT AND ELLIOT-Hollies-Epic

CAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues-London

EXODUS-Bob Marley andThe Wailers-Island

LOADING ZONE-RoyBuchanan-Atlantic

NO SECOND CHANCE-Charlie-Janus

NOW-Tubes-A&MCAROL BAYER SAGER-ElektraSPIRIT OF A WOMAN-

American Flyer-UASTOLEN TIME-Lucy Simon-RCA

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, salesin desecnding order):


FOREIGNER-AtlanticAT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL-

Beatles-CapitolIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicWORKS-Emerson, Lake &

Palmer-AtlanticTWO DAYS AWAY-Elkie

Brooks-A&MFULL HOUSE-Frankie Miller-

ChrysalisLET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-Col


ROCK STAREDITION ZOtMatotoe "All the

news aboutFools Gold:'

VOL. 1 NO. 1 U.S.A. JUNE, 1977-ONE PAGE. JUST ESTABLISHED

FOOLS GOLD DISCOVERED

AT COLUMBIA!!!Fools Gold

Ae4including:

Sweet Country AirCaptain/Wouldn't I Love To Love You

Runnin' And Hidin'/Gypsy Brew

PC 34828

"Mr. Lucky." Big Strike!!

"Their voices are pure,their harmonies are tight,their songs are fantastic!"

One of the major finds of the yearhas to be the Columbia debut albumof Fools Gold. After attracting na-tional attention as Dan Fogelberg'sback-up band, they're ready to staketheir own claim to stardom in themusic world. Tom Kelly and DennyHenson are the super songwritersin question -ably assisted by KerryHatch (bass), Scott Shelley (gui-tar), Geoff Lieb (piano) and KellyShanahan (drums).

Fools Gold Is SweepingThe Nation!!

Columbia Records' Fools Gold issweeping the entire nation on theirsummer tour with Dan Fogelberg.Over 40 dates have been confirmedso far. The band, which has alreadyreceived plenty of national expo-sure, will be performing the songsfrom their new album, "Mr. Lucky."

Man In The News

Fools Gold's producer Keith Olsenhas worked with Fleetwood Macand the Grateful Dead.

FOOLS GOLD TOUR DATES

6/8 The Palace, Waterbury,Conn.

6/9 The Music Hall, Boston,Mass.

6/11 Merryweather, Columbia,Md.

6/12 Civic Center, Wheeling, W V.6/14 The Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa.6/15 Taft Auditorium, Cincinnati,

Ohio6/16 Pine Knob, Clarkston, Mich.6/18 Freedom Hall, Johnston City,

Tenn.6/19 Grand Ole Opry, Nashville,

Tenn.6/21 Starlight Amphitheater,

Indianapolis, Ind.

6/22 Mississippi River Festival,Edwardsville, Ill.

6/24 Coliseum, Jackson, Miss.6/25 Music Hall, Houston, Tex.6/26 Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Tex.

7/5 Tanglewood, Lennox, Mass.7/6 Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pa.7/7 Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pa.7/9 Central Park, New York, N.Y.7/10 Rain Date for the 9th7/11 The Blossom, Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio7/13 Chicago Auditorium, Chicago, Ill.7/15 Northrop Auditorium,

Minneapolis, Minn.7/16 Performing Arts Center,

Milwaukee, Wis.7/18 The Gardens, Louisville, Ky.7/19 Civic Auditorium, Birmingham,

Ala.7/21 Fox Theater, Atlanta, Ga.7/23 Hixon Convention Hall, 'Pampa,

Fla.7/24 Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, Fla.

8/7 Red Rocks, Boulder, Colo.8/9 Gammage Auditorium, Phoenix,

Ariz.8/12 Community Center, Tucson, Ariz.8/13 Civic Theater, San Diego, Calif.8/14 MCA Amphitheater, Los

Angeles, Calif.8/16 MCA Amphitheater, Los

Angeles, Calif.8/19 County Bowl Santa, Barbara,

Calif.8/20 Greek Theater, Berkeley, Calif.8/21 Civic Auditorium,

Sacramento, Calif.8/24 Paramount Theater, Portland,

Oreg.8/25 Paramount Theater, Seattle,

Wash.8/26 Queen Elizabeth Theater,

Vancouver, Canada

On ColumbiaRecords and Tapes.

"COL UMBIA," ~CAS REG. ©1977 CBS INC.


TOP AIRPLAY

BOOK OF DREAMS

STEVE MILLER BAND

Capitol

A&M

MOST AIRPLAY

BOOK OFDREAMS-SteveMiller Band-Capitol

RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB

TIME LOVES A HERO-LittleFeat-WB

LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicFOREIGNER-AtlanticSWEET FORGIVENESS-Bonnie

Raitt-WBDECEPTIVE BENDS-10cc-

MercuryI'M IN YOU-Peter Frampton

-A&MEVEN IN THE QUIETEST

MOMENTS-Supertramp--

WABX-FM/DETROITADDS:BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-



Frampton-A&MLEVELED-Earthquake-BeserkleyMAKIN' MAGIC-Pat Travers-

Polydor

HEAVY ACTION (airplay,sales, phones):

AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL-Beatles-Capitol

JEFF BECK WITH THE JANHAMMER GROUP LIVE-Epic


CAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent-Epic

FOREIGNER-AtlanticIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MLACE AND WHISKEY-

Alice Cooper-WBRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WB

WXRT-FM/CHICAGOADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-RepriseCABRETTA-Mink De Ville-

CapitolCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicENCOUNTER-Flora Purim-

MilestoneHANDY MAN (single)-

James Taylor-ColI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

and Mary Russell-ParadiseSEASIDE WOMAN (single)-Suzy

and The Red Stripes-EpicYES WE HAVE NO MANANAS-

Kevin Ayers-ABC

All listings from keyprogressive stations

around the country areTHE FMAIRPLAY REPORT In

noted.th

aebxerteicparl worhdeerre by


HEAVY ACTION (airplay,sales):


MANIFEST DESTINY-Dictators-Asylum

LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-Portrait A PERIOD OF TRANSITION- MAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon SWEET PASSION-Aretha

TIME LOVES A HERO- Van Morrison-WB and Mary Russell-Paradise Franklin-AtlanticLittle Feat-WB CELEBRATE ME HOME- PARADISE BALLROOM- WATERCOLORS-Pat

BOOK OF DREAMS-Steve Kenny Loggins-Col Graham Edge Band-London Metheny-ECMMiller Band-Capitol

SWEET FORGIVENESS-Bonnie Raitt-WB

ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE-Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor



RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB



FOREIGNER-AtlanticI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-ColLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBTIME LOVES A HERO-


RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBCELEBRATE ME HOME-

Kenny Loggins-ColLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicBURNIN' SKY-Bad Company-



LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WBPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornTIME LOVES A HERO-

Little Feat-WBPETER GABRIEL-Atco Little Feat-WB Swan Song NOTHING BUT A BREEZE-LET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-Col ANYTIME, ANYWHERE- Jesse Winchester-Bearsville

Rita Coolidge-A&M RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB

KSHE-FM/ST. LOUISADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

WKDF-FM/NASHVILLEADDS:CABRETTA-Mink De Ville-

Capitol

TIME LOVES A HERO-Little Feat-WB

HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-Asylum

HEAVY WEATHER-Weather

FOREIGNER-AtlanticDECEPTIVE BENDS-I Oct-

MercuryINDIAN SUMMER-Poco-ABC

Neil Young-Reprise FREE FALL-Dixie Dregs- Report-ColBLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez-

PortraitCapricorn

HANDY MAN (single)- KSAN-FM/SAN FRANCISCODIAMANTINA COCKTAIL- James Taylor-Col KGB-FM/SAN DIEGO ADDS:

Little River Band-Harvest I'M IN YOU-Peter ADDS: AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-I'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLEVELED-Earthquake-BeserkleySTACKED DECK-Rusty Wier-Col


BURNIN' SKY-Bad Company-Swan Song

DETECTIVE-Swan SongFOREIGNER-AtlanticBROWNSVILLE STATION-

Private StockRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBLET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-ColEVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS

Frampton-A&MMAKIN' MAGIC-Pat Travers-

PolydorTEEN-AGE DEPRESSION-Eddie

and The Hot Rods-Island

HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,phones in descending order)


RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitNETHER LANDS-Dan

Fogelberg-EpicHOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-

Asylum



KIKI DEE-RocketLEGS DIAMOND-MercuryEQUAL RIGHTS-Peter Tosh-ColHANDY MAN (single)-

James Taylor-ColI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&M

Neil Young-WBBOOK OF INVASIONS-

Horslips-DJMDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-


Frampton-A&MREGGIE KNIGHTON-ColNEW DIRECTIONS-Meters-WBPARADISE BALLROOM-

Graham Edge Band-LondonSTAR WARS (soundtrack) -

20th CenturySUPER TRIOS-McCoy Tyner-

MilestoneSWEET FORGIVENESS-

INDIAN SUMMER-Poco-ABCLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCNOTHING BUT A BREEZE-

Jesse Winchester-Bearsville

-Supertramp-A&MBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

WORKS-Emerson, Lake &Palmer-Atlantic


Bonnie Raitt-WB

Miller Band-CapitolCAT SCRATCH FEVER-

Ted Nugent-EpicYOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR-

REO Speedwagon-Epic

IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MRIGHT ON TIME-Brothers

Johnson-A&MSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WB

RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBHOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-

AsylumANIMALS-Pink Floyd-ColBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve


AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-Neil Young-Reprise

CABRETTA-Mink De Ville-

TIME LOVES A HERO- Miller Band-Capitol Capitol

WQFM-FM/MILWAUKEE Little Feat-WB BOSTON-EpicEVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS


ADDS: AGAIN-Greg Kihn-Beserkley-Supertramp-A&MWORKS-Emerson, Lake &AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS- KLOL-FM/HOUSTON RUBINOOS-Beserkley

Neil Young-Reprise Palmer-Atlantic EXODUS-Bob Marley andBLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez- ADDS: CELEBRATE ME HOME- The Wailers-Island

DIAMANTINA COCKTAIL- AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS- Kenny Loggins-Col IN YOUR MIND-Bryan Ferry-Little River Band-Harvest Neil Young-Reprise IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&M Atlantic

FREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders- BLOWIN.-Jess Roden Band- FOREIGNER-Atlantic I'M IN YOU-Peter

Blue Thumb Island Frampton-A&MI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&M

CABRETTA-Mink De Ville-Capitol KWST-FM/LOS ANGELES

A PERIOD OF TRANSITION-Van Morrison-WB

LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCMAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon


HIGH CLASS IN BORROWED SHOES

ADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-


and Mary Russell-Paradise -Max Webster-Mercury Neil Young-ReprisePARADISE BALLROOM- JET LAG-PFM-Asylum BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez- KZAM-FM/SEATTLE

Graham Edge Band-LondonSCARLET RIVERA-WB LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABC

PortraitI'M IN YOU-Peter ADDS:

MAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon Frampton-A&M A SIMPLER TIME-MichaelHEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,

in descending order):LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-Portrait

and Mary Russell-ParadiseOUT OF THE MIST-Illusion-

IslandHEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales,

phones in descending order):

Katakis-A&MAMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Ned Young-RepriseTIME LOVES A HERO- PLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg CAT SCRATCH FEVER- 40 YEARS LATER-Butch

Little Feat-WB Allman Band-Capricorn Ted Nugent-Epic Robins-RounderIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&M LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-Portrait I'M IN YOU-PeterBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve

Miller Band-CapitolHEAVY ACTION (airplay in

descending order):FOREIGNER-AtlanticI'M IN YOU-Peter

Frampton-A&MLOOK TO THE RAINBOW-

EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS LITTLE QUEEN-Heart-Portrait Frampton-A&M Al Jarreau-WB-Supertramp-A&M TIME LOVES A HERO- TIME LOVES A HERO- MAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC-Leon

RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Little Feat-WB Little Feat-WB and Mary Russell-ParadiseFOREIGNER-Atlantic



NEW DIRECTIONS-Meters-WBSTAIRCASE-Keith Jarrett-ECM

A PERIOD OF TRANSITION- NETHER LANDS-Dan BOOK OF DREAMS-Steve SWEET PASSION-ArethaVan Morrison-WB Fogelberg-Epic Miller Band-Capitol Franklin-Atlantic

NETHER LANDS-Dan LET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-Col IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&M WATERCOLORS-PatFogelberg-Epic PLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg NETHER LANDS-Dan Metheny-ECM

BOSTON-Epic Allman Band-Capricorn Fogelberg-EpicNO SECOND CHANCE- LET IT FLOW-Dave Mason-Col HEAVY ACTION (airplay)

CHUM-FM/TORONTOADDS:

Charlie-JanusSWEET FORGIVENESS-

Bonnie Raitt-WB KZAP-FM/SACRAMENTOAMERICAN ROULETTE-

Danny O'Keefe-WBBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve


DIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

BURNIN' SKY-Bad Company-Swan Song

IZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&M

ADDS:AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS-

Neil Young-Reprise

Miller Band-CapitolEQUAL RIGHTS-Peter Tosh-ColEXODUS-Bob Marley and

Little River Band-Harvest BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez- The Wailers-IslandFOUR-Bob James-CTILIGHTS OUT-UFO-Chrysalis

i(ZEW-FM/ DALLAS PortraitDIAMANTINA COCKTAIL-

INDIAN SUMMER-Poco-ABCIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&M

MAKIN' MAGIC-Pat Travers- ADDS: Little River Band-Harvest NETHER LANDS-DanPolydor AMERICAN STARS 'N BARS- FREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders- Fogelberg-Epic

NETHER LANDS-Dan Neil Young-Reprise Blue Thumb NOTHING BUT A BREEZE-Fogelberg-Epic BLOWIN' AWAY-Joan Baez- I'M IN YOU-Peter Jesse Winchester-Bearsville

OUT OF THE MIST-Illusion- Portrait Frampton-A&M SWEET FORGIVENESS-Island DETECTIVE-Swan Song LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABC Bonnie Raitt-WB

SPIRIT OF A WOMAN- DIAMANTINA COCKTAIL- LOOK TO THE RAINBOW- TIME LOVES A HERO-American Flyer-UA Little River Band-Harvest Al Jarreau-WB Little Feat-WB


Import AlbumsIN THE CITYTHE JAM-Polydor 2383 447 (U.K.)The group comes with a reputation forbeing a new wave Who and their first Ipprovides a goo'd argument for it. Thethree man line-up is led by guitarist PaulWeller, who penned the bulk of thematerial and handles his Rickenbackerwith all the aplomb of a young PeterTownshend during "In The City."

NEW AGE OF EARTHMANUEL GOTTSCHING-ASH RA TEMPLE-Isadora

ISA 9003 (Germany)Composer/producer Gottsching playedall of the keyboard and synthesizer partsin creating a spacey, flowing texture ofsound that is not unlike the recentworks of Klaus Schulze. Less eerie thansimilar synthesized environmental al-

.bu s, it should15 biggest import.

WOMAN OVERBOARDLINDA LEWIS-Arista SPARTY 10003 (U.K.)Four producers (Allen Toussaint, CatStevens, Bert DeCoteaux and Jim Cregan)have been used for this effort which, asone can imagine, casts the songstress indifferent settings. The most successfulsongs are the Stevens produced "Bon-fire" and the Cregan produced "MyC C .

I IICI1U 111C Sun WW1 1.11CII pup buil R.

A RARE CONUNDRUMBERT JANSCH-Charisma CAS 1127 (U.K.)Jansch's third album for Charisma is onlythe latest from an artist who has showna steady development as a guitarist andsongwriter since his days with Pentangle.Ralph McTell and Rod Clements areamong those who contribute to thisvaried program of songs spanning bothtraditional and original stylings.

LET IT GOROGUE-Epic EPC 81987 (U.K.)The second album by the trio of GuyFletcher, J.W. Hodkinson and Alan Hodgeagain features a better than averageselection of material (penned by Fletcherand Doug Flett) that is unfortunatelyobscured by an overly dulcet produc-tion and arrangement. The title songstands out as one that could benefit bya cover version.

CLEAR AIR TURBULENCEIAN GILLAN BAND-Island ILPS 9500 (U.K.)Gillan left Deep Purple in 1973 when theband was at its peak, but this is onlyhis second Ip as a solo artist. The groupthat he has assembled includes Ray Fen -wick, John Gustafson and Mark Nauseef.The unit hints at better things to come,

firstbutthey must tighten songs,which are still a bit lengthy.

WINDOWSTAI PHONG-Warner Bros. 56 264 (France)Despite the exotic looking cover andname of the group, Tai Phong is a verymelodic outfit whose lyrics are in Eng-lish despite their pedigree. Their songsgo on a bit too long, but are structuredto fit into progressive programming withan ethereal sound that is at times remi-niscent of the Pink Floyd or Genesis.

Album Picks(Continued from page 22)MOTIVATIONBOB CREWE-Elektra 7E-1103 (6.98)After years of writing and producing anextraordinary number of hits, Crewe hasmade his singing debut with this set pro-duced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett."Motivation" and "Marriage Made InHeaven" (the latter co -written with KennyNolan) show a distinct flair.

FIREFLYJEREMY STEIG-CTI 7075 (7.981The flautist should fill the spot vacatedby Hubert Laws on the label with thislush set arranged by David Matthews.With a band of luminaries (includingSteve Gadd, Eric Gale and John Scofield)lending support, Steig is poised to makeinroads into the contemporary market.The title track is a 12 minute excursion.

FREE FALLDIXIE DREGS-Capricorn CP 0189 (WB) (6.98)A new instrumental outfit of considerabledepth and versatility, the quintet dis-plays an adept touch when handlingrock ("Cruise Control"), country ("MoeDown") or Mahavishnu Orchestra -typejazz ("Wages Of Weirdness"). It is thelatter style that the group concentrateson for the most part.

PROMISE ME THE MOONDAVID SANBORN BAND-WB BS 3051 (6.98)The sax man's third Ip for the label hasmore vocals than previous outings bythe group who is a source for much in-spiration in the way of muscianship andsongwriting. Guitarist Hiram Bullock'ssubtle style is an important element inthe overall sound.

SMOOTH AS SILKSILK-Prelude PRL 12145 (6.98)Silk has a slick sound that is geared forthe discos with both ballads and storm-ing uptempo numbers given better thanaverage vocal readings and sympa-thetic accompaniment from a group ofMemphis musicians. The two part "Party"is a rousing six minutes.

TURN ON THE LIGHTS-BE HAPPYKELLEE PATTERSON-Shady Brook SB 33-007 (6.98)The songstress benefits by a set of lavisharrangements by Larry Farrow who alsowrote the material with Carolyn Johns.Most of Patterson's material has adanceable groove in the rhythms, butwith "Turn On The Lights," she goes theDonna Summer route with a sensuousvocal throughout nearly eight minutes.

THE FANTASTIC CHI-LITESTHE CHI-LITES-Mercury SRM-1-1147 (6.98)The venerable r&b group has lost noneof its edge over the years as it showshere with an exceptional selection ofballads and mid -tempo songs. StevieWonder contributes harmonica to "If I

Had A Girl" while Chuck Jackson andMarvin Yancy's "I've Got Love On MyMind" is given an outstanding treatment.

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"Cat Scratch Fever"New Ted Nugent.You're gonna catch it.On Epic Records and Tapes.

A Joint Production ofLew Futterman, Tom Werman and Cliff Daviesfor the Next City Corporation.


4 "Cat Scratch Fever"New Ted Nugent.

' You're gonna catch it.On Epic Records and Tapes.

Direction: David Krebs, Steve Leberand Mel Baister for Leber Krebs, Inc.,

65 West 55th Street, NewYor k, N.Y. 10019


DIAL GUETHE VIEWPOINTS OF THE INDUSTRY

Frank & Maurer on The Roadshow StoryBy CHRIS GORDON

Sid Maurer (left), Fred Frank

1 Fred Frank and Sid Maurer, the co -presidents of Roadshow Records,bring to the label extensive experience in various aspects of therecord industry. Frank was formerly a promotion executive at Epic,and a producer of 1p promotional films, while Maurer's backgroundincludes the production of album cover graphics. Additionally, hehas served as personal manager to such artists as Donovan and Rich-ard Harris. Together, the two run Roadshow, which currently has anearly solid gold track record. Their first group was BT Express, whoproduced two gold albums and two gold singles for the label. Nextcame Brass Construction, who had one gold and one platinum Ip.Their current roster of artists includes Enchantment, whose first albumhas gotten off to a strong start, and Grammy winner Shirley Caesar,whose first album for the label is being readied for release. Road-show, distributed through United Artists, maintains its own promotionfield force, its own art department and even a management and de-velopment team for its artists. In the following Dialogue, Frank andMaurer discuss not only the development and organization of Road-show, but the problems facing the independent record label as well.

Record World: How long has Roadshow Records been in operation?Fred Frank: As an independent company only a couple of years.

But we've been in business for about five years. We spent severalyears releasing records with the Roadshow logo while we were atScepter Records.

RW: What was the legal trouble you had with the name "Road -show"?

Frank: The only problem we had was when we started makingrecords, we went for a label deal with CBS. Instead of getting a labelwe got a logo. That's when Roadshow was in limbo. Then we wentto work with UA. We wanted a label, we wanted to continue build-ing what we had started with Scepter. The problem with Columbiawas that we wanted to be independent. We didn't want to be strictlya "custom" label.

RW: What was the nature of your deal with Scepter?Frank: The deal with Scepter was as soon as we sold one million

units we'd have our label. "Do It 'Till You're Satisfied" by B.T.Express, our first release, sold a million seven hundred thousand,so we had our own identity after our first record.

RW: How do two people with backgrounds as diverse as yours-one coming from promotion work at CBS and the other fromrunning a graphics studio and being a personal manager-gettogether to start a company?

Sid Maurer: I know Freddie from back in the days when I hadthe art studio. One of my accounts at the time was Epic Records,where he worked. At that time Epic was a relatively small company.I did the graphics, album covers, art work, the whole shot. That'swhen I met Freddie. Management came out of the blue. In a daywhen everyone was wearing ties, I ran into this guy who was wear-ing a flowing gown and was into graphics. I took him back to mystudio to hang out. The guy turned out to be Donovan, who wasmy first big client as a manager.

Frank: He being Donovan's manager and me working at Epic really

kept us in tight communication. In those days there wasn't the hugepromotion staff at Epic that there is now. So for me to have anyreal impact I had to stick real close to managers, like Sidney.

Maurer: Fred broke Donovan. One of the things that he pulledoff was when Donovan was appearing at the Hollywood Bowl. Onenight in England we were planning a campaign. Donovan said he'dreally like to paint a billboard. So when he came to the States hepainted a billboard with thousands of kids in the street watching.Fred shot a film of this and it became a great promotion

Frank: For continuity purposes, when I left CBS I was really frus-trated about the business. Being in a position there for seven years,having nothing but success and going nowhere, really brought medown about the business. So I left and started a company calledRecords On Film. I would take a group with a hit record, or a goodrecord that was about to become a hit, and make a film of it. Atthat time there were about 40 local music television shows acrossthe country. I would use these films for promotion because it waseasier to get the films aired than the records in many places. Alsothe films had much greater impact. We did this for 105 recordsand got 20 number one records.

RW: How did you go from that back into records?Frank: I had always felt that if I had a shot I could show every-

one what we could do. We said to ourselves several years ago thatwe could create our own record company that is a sales and mar-keting organization that is totally efficient at taking a record fromproduction to the stores. We felt we could do this without the aidof the manufacturer, and that's what we do today. We promote, wemerchandise, we market and we publicize. In short we do every-thing that any of the major companies does, only we do it better.We have to, we're smaller. In this company the right hand alwaysknows what the left is doing. That's why UA, which distributes ourproduct, gives us to much autonomy.

... we manage almost all of our acts.44 In fact at this moment we manage all 99

but one of them.0000000

Maurer: Another thing we do is that we manage almost all ofour acts. In fact at this moment we manage all but one of them.

Frank: But we have total input regardless of whether we managethem or not. Enchantment is a good example. Their single justcame off 600,000 units. The album to date is 150,000 units. Theirfirst release. Any big company would have told us we were crazyto break a black group right now. But we do nothing but breaknew acts. The whole thing is execution, and booking is part of that.There's such a close harmony here because we handle all the aspectsourselves, so we're much more efficient than if we jobbed things out.None of what we do is really difficult, it's just execution. We dowhat Vince Lombardi did: we decide if we want to pass or kick,and then we just go ahead and do it as well as we can.

Maurer: Communications here are very tight. It's not like a bigcompany where it takes days to get back to somebody. Here it's amatter of minutes. For example, Enchantment is going to be in Floridanext week, so we decided to have a T-shirt give-away at some radiostations on their tour. Well, we came up with that idea last weekand the shirts were delivered yesterday.

RW: Do you have access to UA's promotion staff as well?Frank: Absolutely. This Florida thing is a good example. UA has

a division where they communicate directly with the smaller dealers,the "mom and pop" stores. Of course the regional guys cover thebig one -stops and distributors, but they have this separate part oftheir organization which gets involved in merchandising at thesmaller outlets. These guys are helping us out in Florida on Enchant-ment. We probably could cover it ourselves, but the extra cover-age is a big help. We're very careful not to ask for help on a recordthat looks like it'll die, but UA knows we're on top of Enchantment




A MESSAGE TO ALL RADIO PROGRAMMERS AND DJ'S:

VELITTLE 11'.

From the A& M album "Even In The Quietest Moments...Produced by- Supertramp

A few weeks ago we released "Give A Little Bit"from the new Supertramp album for a number of verystrong reasons.

In spite of them, "Give A Little Bit" is not gettingthe amount of adds or picks or plays it deserves.

Listen to it again. This is a MAJOR HIT RECORDfrom a SUPERSTAR GROUP. Don't let it get away.Give a little bit.

SUPERTRAMP "GIVE A LITTLE BIT"

THE NEW SINGLE.ON A&M RECORDSFrom the album "Even In The Quietest Moments .. sr' -I 63,1 Produced by Supertramp


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John Ford Coley23 Stephen Bishop24 Shaun Cassidy25 Waylon Jennings

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15JUNE 18, 1977JUNE JUNE18 11

101 101 OUR LOVE THE DELLS/Mercury 73909 (Six Strings, BMI)102 103 SUPERMAN CELT BEE & THE BUZZY BUNCH/APA 17000 (T.K.)

(Peer Intl., BMI)103 105 SPANISH WINE LOU CHRISTIE/Misong Intl. MB 10959 (RCA)

(Hudson Bay, BMI)104 106 ON AND ON STEPHEN BISHOP/ABC 12269 (Stephen Bishop, BMI)105 121 AFTER YOU LOVE ME, WHY DO YOU LEAVE ME HAROLD MELVIN AND

THE BLUE NOTES FEATURING SHARON PAIGE/ABC 12268(Hal-Mel/Mighty Three, BMI)

106 102 THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER EDDIE HOLMAN/Salsoul 2026(Lucky Three -Burma East, BMI)

107 109 PICKING UP THE PIECES OF MY LIFE MAC DAVIS/Columbia 3 10535(Song Painter, BMI)

108 113 NOW DO-U-WANTA DANCE GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION/Warner Bros.WBS 8378 (Nineteen Eighty -Foe, BMI)

109 111 THE DOODLE SONG FRANKIE MILLER'S FULL HOUSE/Chrysalis 2145(Chrysalis, ASCAP)

110 112 SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE THE SANFORD-TOWNSEND BAND/WarnerBros. WBS 8370 (Salmon/Mulhan/Unichappell/Turkey Tunes, BMI)

111 131 SLOW DANCIN' JOHNNY RIVERS/Soul City 008 (WB, ASCAP)112 116 DON'T TURN THE LIGHT OUT CLIFF RICHARD/Rocket 40724 (MCA)

(Almo/Big Secret, ASCAP)113 114 SHOW ME LOVE CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom 0125 (WB) (Mayfield, BMI)114 - DON'T WORRY BABY B. J. THOMAS/MCA 40735 (Irving, BMI)115 118 LIGHT OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING DOLLY PARTON/RCA PB 10935

(Velvet, Apple, BMI)116 - HERE COMES SUMMER WILD FIRE/Casablanca NB 885 (Jule, ASCAP)117 141 WHAT A SOUND HENRY GROSS/Lifesong 45025 (Blendingwell, ASCAP)118 119 FEVER OF LOVE SWEET/Capitol P 4209 (Sweet/WB, ASCAP)119 129 WALK RIGHT IN DR. HOOK/Capitol P 4423 (Peer International Corp. BMI)120 104 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic 3393 (Red Bullet,

ASCAP/Begonia Melodies, Unichappell, BMI)121 123 WATER SIGN GARY WRIGHT/Warner Bros. WBS 8383 (High Wave/WB,

ASCAP)122 128 CHICAGO KIKI DEE/Rocket 40739 (MCA) (Pi-Gem/Darnoc, ASCAP)123 - NEVER HAD A LADY BEFORE BURTON CUMMINGS/Portrait 6 70003

BMI)124 - SMOKY MOUNTAIN, LOG CABIN JONES WINTER BROTHERS/Atco 7082

(Clovercroft, BMI)125 108 LOVING YOU-LOSING YOU PHYLLIS HYMAN'/Buddah 567

(Mighty Three, BMI)126 120 CAN I STAY ANDY ADAMS & EGG CREAM/Pyramid P 8012 (Roulette)

(Planetary/Karolenn, ASCAP)127 133 ENJOY AND GET IT ON ZZ TOP/London 5N 252 (Hamstein, BMI)128 - IT'S A CRAZY WORLD MAC McANALLY/Ariola America P 7665 (Capitol)

(I've Got the Music, ASCAP)129 - FLOAT ON FLOATERS/ABC 12284 (ABC/Dunhill, BMI/Wood Songs, BMI)130 - LET ME LOVE YOU ONCE BEFORE YOU GO DUSTY SPRINGFIELD/

United Artists XW 1006 (Almo, ASCAP)131 - SING IT, SHOUT IT STARZ/Capitol P 4434 (Rock Steady/Starzongs/

Rick -A -Rock, ASCAP)

132 - SING FOR YOU BEAVERTEETH/RCA PB 10986 (Stansell, EMI)133 - IF IT'S THE LAST THING f DO THELMA HOUSTON/Tamla W 54283 F

(Motown) (Chappell, ASCAP)134 - A REAL MOTHER FOR YA JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/DJM 1024

(Amherst) (Vir-Jon, BMI)135 125 DO WHAT YOU WANNA DOT CONNECTION/Dash 5032 (T.K.)

(Sherlyn, Decibel, BMI)136 - SAVED BY THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE SONS OF CHAMPLIN/Ariola

America P 7664 (Capitol) (Patramoni/Drunken Boat, BMI)137 145 SUNSHINE ENCHANTMENT/United Artists XW991 Y (Desert Moon/

Willow Girl, BMI)138 - ROCK 'N' ROLL ROUGH DIAMOND/Island 087 (WB, ASCAP)139 142 DISCO TRAIN JERRY RIX/AVI AVIS 131 (Sounds of Jupiter, BMI)140 - ONCE I'VE BEEN THERE NORMAN CONNORS/Buddah 570 (Hot Stuff, BMI)141 143 FEEL LIKE DANCIN' OLIVER SAINE/Abet 9472 (Nashboro)

(Exellorec/Saico, BMI(142 137 YOU GOT TO KNOW BETTER TOUCH OF CLASS/Midsong Intl. MB 10754

(RCA) (Diagonal/Ask Me, BMI)143 115 FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER/

Atlantic 3398 (Boosey & Hawkes, ASCAP)144 135 KEEP THAT SAME OLD FEELING SIDE EFFECT/Fantasy 792

(Four Knights, BMI)145 126 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG RONNIE MILSAP/RCA PB 10977

(Chess/Cass David, ASCAP)146 134 THE RUNAWAY GALLAGHER & LYLE/A&M 1932 (Irving, BMI)147 122 BODY VIBES OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73913 (Play One/Unichappell, BMI)148 127 DO IT FOR ME JENNIFER/Motown M 1417 F (Hughes, LIAD)149 130 ALL THE KIDS ON THE STREET HOLLYWOOD STARS/Arista SP 6

(8th Power/Screen Gems/Bad Boy, IIMI)150 140 WE'RE STILL TOGETHER PEACHES & HERB/MCA 40701 (Warner-

Tamerlane/Van McCoy, BMI)

ALPHABETICAL LISTINGSINGLES CHARTPRODUCER, PUBLISHER, LICENSEE

AIN'T GONNA, BUMP (WITH NO BIG FAT LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT Ron Dante &WOMAN) Buddy Killen (Tree, BMI) 15 Barry Manilow (Irving, BMI) 14

ALL YOU GET FROM LOVE IS A LOVE LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME (PT. I)SONG Richard Carpenter (Hampstead Jerry Peters (Interior, BMI) 95Heath, ASCAP) 70 LOVE'S GROWN DEEP Kenny Nolan &

AMARILLO George Martin (Neil Sedaka,BMI) 69

Charles Calello (Sound of Nolan/Chelsea, BMI) 35

ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS Clayton Ivey,Terry Woodford (Song Tailors, BMI/

LUCILLE Larry Butler (Brougham Hall/Andite Invasion BMI) 11

I've Got The Music, ASCAP) 19 LUCKENBACH, TEXAS Chips Moman

ARIEL Bob Stevens (Blendingwell, ASCAP) 37(Baby Chick, BMI)

MAINSTREET B. Seger & Muscle Shoals32

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN (Christopher Rhythm Section (Gear, ASCAP) 47Bond (Unichappell, BMI) 33 MARGARITAVILLE Norbert Putman

BARRACUDA Mike Flicker (Wilsongs/ (Coral Reefer, BMI) 21Know/Play My Music, ASCAP)

BEST OF MY LOVE Maurice White (Saggi-40 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME Gary Klein

and Charlie Calello (Kiki/Kopplemanfire, BMI/Steelchest, ASCAP) 78 Bandier, BMI) 33

BLACK BETTY Kasenetz-Katz (Tro- NEON NITES Buddy Buie (Low -Sal, BMI) 87

Folkways, BMI) 83 ON THE BORDER Alan Parsons (DickCALLING DR. LOVE Eddie Kramer (Cafe

Americana/Kiss Songs, ASCAP) 51

James, BMI)ONLY THE LUCKY Buckingham -Nicks -

Scott -Egan (Deluxe/Swell/Sedak, ASCAP)

68

97COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT Climax Blues

Band (Bleu Disque/Jiru/Air) (London) 23 PEACE OF MIND John Boylan and TomScholz (Pure Songs, Administered by

DA DOO RON RON Michael Lloyd Trio/ Colgems-EMI, BMI) 41Mother Bertha, BMI) 10 PEOPLE IN LOVE (Produced by Group)

DANCING QUEEN Benny Andersson & (Man -Ken, BMI) 94Bjorn Ulvaeus (Countess, BMI) 76 RICH GIRL Christopher Bond (Unichappell,

DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE Hal BMI) 45Yoergler (American Broadcasting,ASCAP)

DON'T GIVE UP ON US Tony MacCauley(Almo/MacCauley, ASCAP)

24

28

RIDIN' THE STORM OUT John Stronach& REO Speedwagon (The Emp. Co., BMI)

RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT Jim EdNorman (American Broadcasting, ASCAP)

98

52DREAMS Fleetwood Mac with Richard

Dashut & Ken Caillat (Gentoo/WelshWitch, BMI( 2

RUNAWAY Paul A. Rothschild (Vicki/Belinda, BMI) 67

EASY James Carmichael & Group (Jobete/ SAVE ME Denny Diante (Almo, ASCAP) 79

Commodores Entertainment, ASCAP) 44 SAVE ME Joel Diamond (Almo, ASCAP) 90

EVERYBODY BE DANCIN' Bruce Blackman SEA SIDE WOMAN Paul MacCartney& Mike Clark (Brother Bill's, ASCAP) 73 (MPL Comm. Inc. BMI) 92

FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME John Sinclair SEE YOU WHEN I GIT THERE Kenneth& Gary Lyons (Somerset/Evansongs,ASCAP)

GIVE A LITTLE BIT Supertramp (Almo/9

Gamble & Leon Huff (Mighty Three),BMI)

SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO Kenneth93

Delicate, ASCAP) 65 Gamble & Leon Huff (Mighty Three,GOIN' IN WITH MY EYES OPEN Tony BMI) 60

MacCauley (Almo/MacCauley, ASCAP).... 57 SIR DUKE Stevie Wonder (Jobete/BlackGONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM 'ROCKY') Bull, ASCAP) 7

Bill Conti (UA, ASCAP; Unart, BMI) 4 SLIDE Jeff Dixon (Spurtree, BMI) 74

GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM 'ROCKY') TURN ME ON)Jay Chattaway (UA, ASCAP, Unart, BMI) 39 Norbert Putnam (Music Man/Flying

GOOD THING MAN Monk Higgins (ICA, Addrisi, BMI) 25

ASCAP) 61 SLOW DOWN Rupert Holmes (BritishGOT TO GIVE IT UP Tommy LiPuma Rocket, ASCAP) 66

(Almo, ASCAP) 1 SO HIGH (ROCK ME BABY AND ROLLHANDY MAN Peter Asher (Unart, BMI) 75 ME AWAY) D. Mason & R. Nevison

(Almo/Jacon, ASCAP) 96HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG Paul

Hornsby (No Exit, BMI) 16 SO IN TO YOU Buddy Buie (Low -Sal, BMI) 71

HELLO STRANGER Freddie Perren(Cotillion/Braintree/Love lane, BMI) 53

SOLSBURY HILL Bob Ezrin (Run It/Ear Pieces, BMI) 80

HIGH SCHOOL DANCE Freddie Perren,(Rosy, ASCAP)

HOLLYWOOD Rufus (Big Elk/ABC,ASCAP)

HOTEL CALIFORNIA Bill Szymczyk(Pub. not listed)

I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Gamble& Huff (Mighty Three, BMI)

13

36

17

63

SOUTHERN NIGHTS Gary Klein (WarnerTamerlane/Marsaint, BMI)

SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT Manfred Mann &Earth Band (Laurel Canyon, ASCAP)

TELEPHONE LINE Jeff Lynne (Unart/Jet,BMI)

TELEPHONE MAN Jim Rutledge, BoomerCastleman (Castleridge, BMI)

27

43

87

56

I GOTTA KEEP DANCIN' Dick Griffy &Clarence McDonald (Carrific, ASCAP) .... 99

THE KILLING OF GEORGIE (PART I & II)Tom Dowd (Cock & Trumpet, ASCAP) 55

I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHINGB. Gibb-A. Galuten-K. Richardson

THE PRETENDER Jon Landau (SwallowTurn, WB, ASCAP) 82

(Stigwood-Unichappell, BMI) 22 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE lOccI'M GOING DOWN Norman Whitfield (Man -Ken, BMI) 62

(Duchess, BMI) 64 THIS I SWEAR Leo Graham (ButtermilkI'M IN YOU Peter Frampton (Almo/ Sky/Content/Alyn, BMI) 100

Fram-Dee, ASCAP) 20 TRYING TO LOVE TWO William Bell &I'M YOUR BOOIE MAN Casey/Finch Paul Mitchell (Bell-Kat, Belinda, BMI).... 59

(Sherlyn, Harrick, BMI) 3 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Steve Barri &IT FEELS SO GOOD (TO BE LOVED SO

BAD) The Manhattans Co./Bobby Martin(Razzle Dazzle, BMI) 81

Michael Omartian (Warner Bros.,ASCAP)

UPTOWN FESTIVAL Simon Soussan5

IT'S SAD TO BELONG Kyle Lehning (Jobete, ASCAP; Stone Agate, BMI) 77

(Famous, Ironside, ASCAP) 34 WATCH CLOSELY NOW Barbra StreisandI'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND Chuck

Jackson and Marvin Yancy (Jay's& Phil Ramona (First Artists/Emanuel/20th Century, ASCAP) 58

Ent./Chappell & Co., ASCAP) 46 WATCHA GONNA DO? Bill SchneeI WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Norman (Irving/Pablo Cruise, BMI) 26

Whitfield (Duchess, BMI) 54 WHEN I NEED YOU Richard PerryJET AIRLINER Steve Miller (Sailor/No

Thought, ASCAP)JUKE BOX MUSIC R.D. Davies (Davray,

PRS)JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO Crosby -

12

91

(Unichappell/Begonia/Albert Hammond,ASCAP)

WHILE I'M ALONE Frankie Beverly(Pecle, BMI)

WHODUNIT Freddie Perren (Bull Pen/

8

89

Stills -Nash- R. Albert -H. Albert (Thin Perren-Vibes, BMI/ASCAP) 48Ice, ASCAP) 72 YOU AND ME Bob Ezrin (Ezra/Early

KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Benny Frost, BMI) 38Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus (Countless,BMI) 31

YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGICHarry Maslin (Chrysalis, ASCAP) 50

LADY (PUT THE LIGHT ON ME) EddieKramer (Utopia Music/Dejamus, ASCAP)

LIDO SHUFFLE Joe Wisseret (Boz Scaggs/Hudmar, ASCAP)

88

49

(YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER& HIGHER David Anderle (Chevis-Warner Tamerlane/BRC, BMI) 29

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE Bill Szymczyk(pub. not listed) 18

YOU'RE MOVING OUT TODAY Tom Dowd(Divine Ltd., Begonia Melodies,Unichappell, Fedora, BMI) 84

LIVIN' IN THE LIFE Isley Brothers(Bovina, ASCAP) 86

YOU'RE MY WORLD Kim Fowley &Earle Mankey (Chappell & Co./Group

LONELY BOY Peter Asher (Luckyu, BMI) 6 Editoriale/Ariston, BMI, ASCAP) 42



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Tendency:Strong R & B influence. Last on Countryhits, strong retail influence, MOR potential.

LastWeek:

ThisWeek:

1 1 Fleetwood Mac2 2 Bill Conti5 3 Marvin Gaye4 4 Stevie Wonder7 5 Alan O'Day3 6 KC & The Sunshine Band9 7 Shaun Cassidy6 8 Andrew Gold

13 9 Peter Frampton12 10 Barry Manilow11 11 Kenny Rogers14 12 Eagles8 13 Leo Sayer

15 14 Hot16 15 Foreigner19 16 Marshall Tucker20 17 Steve Miller10 18 Tavares22 19 Joe Tex18 20 Climax Blues Band23 21 Barbra StreisandA 22 SylversA 23 ABBAA 24 Peter McCannA 25 Helen Reddy

Adds:

Extras:

LP Cuts:

Also Possible:

England Dan &John Ford Coley

Jimmy BuffettBay City Rollers

Hottest:

Andy GibbHeartRod Stewart

Boston (Peace)Commodores (Brick)

Pablo CruiseAlice CooperBonnie RaittTeddy PendergrassCommodoresRita Coolidge

RW II RW IIIWAAY WABB WAIR WAKY WAUG WBBQWBSR WERC WFLB WFLI WGLF WGSVWHBQ WHHY WISE WJDX WKIX WLACWMAK WMPS WORD WQXI WRFC WRJZWSGA BJ105 CK101 980 Z93

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Early on product, strong sales influencefrom both R & B and Country records.


Much exposure for Rock & Roll. R & Bcrossovers active. Late on MOR product &Country.


1 1 Fleetwood Mac 5 1 Shaun Cassidy2 2 Marvin Gaye 3 2 Fleetwood Mac4 3 Alan O'Day 2 3 Bill Conti5 4 Bill Conti 1 4 Stevie Wonder3 5 KC & The Sunshine Band 11 5 Barry Manilow9 6 Jimmy Buffett 6 6 Sylvers7 7 Waylon Jennings 7 7 Marvin Gaye

10 8 Rita Coolidge 9 8 Alan O'Day6 9 Stevie Wonder 10 9 Foreigner

13 10 Eagles 12 10 Steve Miller18 11 Shaun Cassidy 16 11 Peter Frampton8 12 Kenny Rogers 14 12 Eagles

15 13 Sylvers 4 13 KC & The Sunshine Band14 14 Steve Miller 8 14 Andrew Gold16 15 Peter McCann 13 15 Kenny Rogers17 16 Andy Gibb 15 16 Leo Sayer20 17 England Dan 24 17 Peter McCann21 18 Barry Manilow 18 18 Hall & Oates22 19 Peter Frampton 17 19 Glen Campbell11 20 Andrew Gold 23 20 Jimmy Buffett12 21 Foreigner 20 21 Addrisi Bros.19 22 Marshall Tucker 19 22 Marshall Tucker29 23 Meri Wilson 26 23 ABBA26 24 ABBA 21 24 Climax Blues Band23 25 Dean Friedman 27 25 Alice Cooper27 26 Hall & Oates A 26 England Dan30 27 Pablo Cruise 30 27 BostonA 28 Commodores A 28 Andy GibbA 29 Barbra Streisand A 29 Pablo CruiseAP 30 James Taylor LP 30 Heart

Adds: EmotionsAlice Cooper

Adds: Rita CoolidgeBay City Rollers

Extras: BostonCarpentersRam Jam Extras:

Ram JamrsleysManhattans

Rod Stewart Waylon JenningsLP Cuts: Heart (Barracuda) Commodores

Atlanta Rhythm Section(Neon)

Commodores (Brick)LP Cuts: Supertramp (Give)

Commodores (Brick)

Also Possible: Crosby, Stills & NashFrankie Miller

Also Possible: Dean FriedmanSlave

Elvis Presley Barbra StreisandBay City Rollers Teddy Pendergrass

Rock'n Roll: Adult: R& B Crossovers:Ram Jam James Taylor Emotions


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Another Go -Round for Perfomers Royalty(Continued from page 4)that month.

Commenters on the performerscopyright included the NationalAssociation of Broadcasters, theRecording Industry Association ofAmerica, the Amusement andMusic Operators of America, theChicago Bar Association, Broad-cast Music Inc., ABC, band -leaderWoody Herman, and even a

New Jersey man, Alan I. Wally,who described himself as thepresident of the Record and TapeAssociation of America.

Though none of the commentsoffered up any new arrangementsfor or against the royalty that wasfirst proposed in the early 1940s,they did serve to neatly breakdown the issues that the Copy-right Office must tackle be-fore recommending to Congresswhether or not the new feeshould be adopted. That reportis due on the first day of 1979.

Perhaps the most substantiveargument that proponents of thenew copyright will have to faceis that of Constitutionality, i.e.,are performers and record manu-facturers to be classed with the"authors and creators" that theConstitution says should be af-forded protection?

"The concepts of creation andauthorship," the NAB told theCopyright Office, "are distinctfrom the concept of perform-ance." The broadcasters' associ-ation argues that the contribu-tions of musicians and their rec-ord companies are not "original,"the legal test for copyrightability.As well, the Constitution saysthat copyrights should be award-ed for the purpose of "promot-ing" creativity by insuring thatcreators are paid for their works.The NAB believes that no furtherroyalties are needed to "pro-mote" the creation of recordings.

"The limited copyright" givenrecordings to protect them frompiracy, the NAB wrote, was avalid extension of copyright pro-tection because it "preventedlosses to copyright owners"from authorized recordings whichwould have been sold in theplace of bootlegs.

The NAB predicts, on the basisof past revenue figures, thatbroadcasters would be payingabout $15.2 million yearly, if theroyalty were in effect now. Thatfigure, they say, comprises nearly17 percent of the entire radioindustry's pre-tax profit. Thebroadcasters are unwilling to ab-sorb such an added cost, it said.

The jukebox operators' organi-zation also came out against thenew royalty, as expected. TheAMOA said that it will be payingabout $7.4 million a year in royal-ties, once the new performancefee of $8 per box goes into ef-fect next year, between perform-

ance rights and mechanical feeson the $70 million worth of rec-ords that industry purchases everyyear. The AMOA views the pro-posed fee "apprehensively." Anyadditional fees, it said, would fur-ther hurt the already ailing juke-box business.

ABC Inc., while acknowledgingthat it had a record division thatwould profit from the new copy-right, said it opposed the fee be-cause "it is not necessary to in-sure an adequate level of recordproduction and musical compo-sition." ABC owns 14 radio sta-tions, as well as ABC Records.

The RIAA submitted the larg-est paper of 34 received by theCopyright Office. The RIAA's re-marks-pinpointing out the well-worn arguments that have beencircling the performers rights is-sue for so long-refuted thebroadcasters' arguments point -by -point, though they would nothave had an opportunity to seethem in advance.

The NAB had adopted a "dou-ble standard" for recording artistsand cable television, the RIAAsaid. Performers and their recordcompanies were not due a copy-right royalty for their work whenit is used for profit by radio sta-tions (music is about 75 percentof the average station's program-ming fare), while cable TV, theNAB had argued, was liable forperformance payments to broad-casters when they picked up over -the -air signals for retransmission.

The Constitutionality of a per-formers right has been upheld in-directly in three different federalcases, the RIAA pointed out:Goldstein v. California (1973),Capitol Records v. Mercury Rec-ords (1955), and Shaab v. Klein-dienst (1972). However, many le-gal experts feel that the Consti-tutionality question will not bedefinitely resolved until Congresspasses a performers copyright andit is challenged in the SupremeCourt.

As for the broadcasters' peren-nial argument that they in effectwould be "taxed for the privi-

lege" of promoting record sales,the RIAA concedes that radio ex-posure may "help sell some (theiremphasis) recordings. It should bejust as apparent that sound re-cordings provide valuable radioprogramming material, whichsells advertising, builds stationaudiences and increases stationequity." And if broadcasters be-lieve that they are "doing a fa-vor" for the manufacturers of re-corded music by playing theirproduct, the RIAA points out thatthe record industry spent nearly$100 million last year on radioand TV advertising.

The RIAA closes out its brieffor a new royalty by parallelingthe situation performers findthemselves in with author AlexHaley and his all-time best-sellerbook, "Roots." Should Haley bedeprived of a performance royal-ty from Roots, the RIAA asks,rhetorically, because ABC's dra-matization helped enhance thebook's sales?

Joining the RIAA in support ofthe new fee were the ChicagoBar Association, 20th CenturyPictures, the AFL-CIO Profes-sional Unions, the American Fed-eration of Musicians, and theAmerican Federation of Televi-sion and Radio Artists. BMI alsocalled for the enactment of thenew fee provided "that there isno erosion of funds already setaside for distribution to thosewhom we represent," composersand publishers, that is.

About a dozen small marketbroadcasters also wrote the Copy-right Office condemning the pro-posed royalty as an "intolerableburden" on limited revenues.Perhaps the best representativecomment from this group camein a short, two-line Mailgram re-ceived, just as the deadline forcomments was about to fall, froma Charlotte, Mich. station ope-rator, Ralph S. Gregory of WCER-AM-FM wrote: "Why are you con-sidering another direct tax onthis industry? It is already hardenough with the Federal Govern-ment as a silent partner."

Demons to Phonogram

The Demons were recently signed to a recording contract with Phonogram, Inc./Mercury Records. Joining in the signing festivities are, from left: Jules Abramson,senior vice president/marketing; Elliot Kidd, leader of the Demons; Craig Leon,producer of the group's debut album, "The Demons;" and Charles Fach, executivevice president/general manager.

Piskunovs To Chappell NEW YORK-Marek and AlexPiskunov have signed an exclu-sive worldwide publishingagreement with Chappell Musicfor their pop music catalogue,according to Frank Military, vicepresident/creative of ChappellMusic Company.

Born in Odessa, Russia, thePiskunovs emigrated to theUnited States just four years ago.The two, who are studying onfull Juilliard scholarships, willplay four concerts Oct. 29 -Nov.5 at the Kennedy Center inWashington, D.C. with theWashington National Orchestraconducted by Rastropovich.

The Piskunovs plan to recordtheir own material. Negotiationsfor a major label are currentlyunderway.

The music of Marek and AlexPiskunov is published exclusivelyby Chappel Music/Mir Music.Management for the Piskunovs ishandled by Nan Pearlman andLarry Cohen.

Capitol Promotes Franz LOS ANGELES - Bhaskar Men -on, president and chief executiveofficer, Capitol Industries -EMI,has announced that Robert L.

Franz will be elected corporatevice president, personnel and in-dustrial relations, effective July 1,1977. Franz succeeds Barry E.

Kimmelman, who will join ScreenGems -EMI Music, Inc. Franz willreport directly to Menon.

Franz joined Capitol in 1961 aspersonnel manager at the Scran-ton, Pennsylvania record factory.Since then he has served in a va-riety of employee relations posi-tions and, most recently, as cor-porate director of personnel andindustrial relations.

Onida To Buddah NEW YORK - Stella Onidahas been appointed album orderand service manager for BuddahRecords by Milton Sincoff, thecompany's vice president forcreative services and manufac-turing.

Ms. Onida will be the Ipliaison between Buddah and itspressing plants. She will also beresponsible for album inventorycontrol and the production ofjackets as well as tapes. Ms.Onida will also serve as overalladministrative executive assistantto Sincoff.

Before coming to Buddah, Ms.Onida was production manager atATV Records.

Front Line Relocates LOS ANGELES - Irving Azoff,president of Front Line Manage-ment, has announced the reloca-tion of the company's head-quarters to 8380 Melrose Avenue,Suite 307, Los Angeles.



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The hit single

' I'm A Memory'

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Before His Time

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LIGHTS OUT-UFO-ChrysalisNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg

-Full MoonPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornSIN AFTER SIN-Duda; Priest-

ColSTAR WARS -20th Century

PEACHES/CLEVELANDA PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo

Cruise-A&MBARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaBEE GEES . . . LIVE-RSOCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent

-EpicCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonEXODUS-Bob Marley & the

Wailers-IslandFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

ABC Blue ThumbLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg

-Full MoonUNMISTAKABLY LOU-Lou Rawls

-Phila. Intl.

PEACHES/DETROITSERIOUS-Richard Pryor

-LaffCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonDEVIL'S GUN-C.J. & Company

-WestboundEXODUS-Mb Marley & the

Wailers-IslandI'M IN YOU-Peter Frampton-

A&MLOOK TO THE RAINBOW-Al

Jarreau-WBPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornSAY NO MORE-Les Dudek-ColSTAR WARS -20th Century

(Soundtrack)SWEET PASSION-Aretha Franklin

-Atlantic

ONE OCTAVE HIGHER/CHICAGO

BARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonFRIENDS & STRANGERS-Ronnie

Laws-Blue NoteHURRY SUNDOWN-Outlaws-

AristaI'M IN YOU-Peter Frampton-

A&MJOYOUS-Plea sure-FantasyLIGHTS OUT-UFO-ChrysalisLIVE-YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY

FOR-REO Speedwagon-EpicNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg

-Full MoonONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART

-Dionne Warwick-Musicor

1812 OVERTURE/MILWAUKEE

BARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaBEE GEES... LIVE-AristaCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent

-EpicEXODUS-Bob Marley &the

Wailers-IslandFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

ABC Blue ThumbI REMEMBER YESTERDAY-Donna

Summer-CasablancaLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCLIGHTS OUT-UFO-ChrysalisMAKIN' MAGIC-Pat Travers-

PolydorSPIRIT OF A WOMAN-American

Flyer-UA

RADIO DOCTORS/MILWAUKEE


HAVIN' A HOUSE PARTY-WillieHutch-Motown

JOYOUS-Pleasure-FantasyKILLER JOE-Benny Golson-ColLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCNO SECOND CHANCE-Charlie-

JanusPART 3-KC & the Sunshine Band

-T. K.SHOTGUN-ABCSO SO SATISFIED-Ashford &

Simpson-WESUN POWER-Sun-Capitol

PEACHES/ATLANTAANOTHER MOTHER FURTHER-

Mother's Finest-EpicBARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent


-LondonCELEBRATE ME HOME-Kenny

Loggins-ColDIXIE DREGS-WEEXODUS-Bob, Marley & the

Wailers-IslandFLOATERS-ABCFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

ABC/Blue ThumbROCK 'N' ROLL ROCKET-Starbuck

-Private Stock

POPLAR TUNES/MEMPHISBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve Miller

Band-CapitolCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent

-EpicHOT-Big TreeLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg

-Full MoonPLAYIN' UP, A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornRIGHT ON TIME-Brothers

Johnson-A&MSLAVE-CotillionSWEET PASSION-Aretha Franklin

-AtlanticTRAVELIN' AT THE SPEED OF

SOUND-O'Jays-Phila. Intl.

TAPE CITY/NEW ORLEANSBARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve Miller

Band-CapitolCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

ABC Blue ThumbFRIENDS & STRANGERS-Ronnie

Laws-Blue NoteI REMEMBER YESTERDAY-Donna

Summer-CasablancaOL' WAYLON-Waylon Jennings

-RCAP FUNK EARTH TOUR-Parliament

-CasablancaPLAYIN' UP A STORM-Gregg

Allman Band-CapricornTRAVELIN' AT THE SPEED OF

THOUGHT-O'Jays-Phila. Intl.

DAVEY'S LOCKER/SOUTHBARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaBEE GEES... LIVE-RSOBOOK OF DREAMS-Steve Miller

Band-CapitolCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent

AtlanticCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonINDIAN SUMMER-Poco-ABCNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg-

Full MoonP FUNK EARTH TOUR-Parliament

-Casablanca

PEACHES/DENVERBEE GEES, LIVE-RSOBEST SONGS OF ERIC ANDERSON

-AristaCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonEXODUS-Bob Marley & the

Wailers-LondonHOLLY DAYS-Denny Laine-

CapitolLIGHTS OUT-UFO-ChrysalisLOADING ZONE-Roy Buchanan

-Atlantic

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PLAYIN' UP A STORM-GreggAllman Band-Capricorn

REAR VIEW MIRROR-StarlandVocal Band-Windsong

SHIP OF MEMORIES-Focus-Sire

CIRCLES/ARIZONABARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaCAUGHT LIVE + 5-Moody Blues

-LondonGREATEST HITS-Richard Pryor-

WBI REMEMBER YESTERDAY-Donna

Summer-CasablancaIT'S ALL BALCONE'S FAULT-

Balcone's Fault-CreamLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCLITTLE QUEEN-Heart-PortraitNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg

-Full MoonREAR VIEW MIRROR-Starland

Vocal Band-WindsongTURN THIS MUTHA OUT-Idris

Muhammad-Kudu

ODYSSEY/SOUTHWEST &WEST


EXODUS-Bob Marley & theWailers-Island


JET LAG-PFM-AsylumLOADING ZONE-Roy Buchanan

-AtlanticLOOK TO THE RAINBOW-Al

Jarreau-WBREAR VIEW MIRROR-Stark:Ind

Vocal Band-WindsongSTAR WARS -20th Century

(Soundtrack)SWEET PASSION-Aretha Franklin

-AtlanticTAILOR MADE-Bobbi Humphrey

-Epic

LICORICE PIZZA/LOS ANGELES

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE-RitaCool idge-A&M

BEE GEES...LIVE-RSOCAT SCRATCH FEVER-Ted Nugent


-LondonCOMMODORES-MotownDECEPTIVE BENDS-I Occ-

MercuryFREE AS THE WIND-Crusaders-

ABC Blue ThumbIZITSO-Cat Stevens-A&MLIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCSTAR WARS -20th Century

(soundtrack)

TOWER/LOS ANGELESBARRY MANILOW LIVE-AristaBEE GEES... LIVE-RSOEXODUS-Bob Marley & the

Wailers-IslandGO FOR YOUR GUNS-Isley

Brothers-T-NeckLIVE AT LAST-Bette' Midler-

-EpicINDIAN SUMMER-Poco--EpicNETHER LANDS-Dan Fogelberg-

Full MoonMARVIN GAYE LIVE AT THE

LONDON PALLADIUM-TamlaRUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WBSWEET FORGIVENESS-Bonnie

Raitt-WBTEDDY PENDERGRASS-Phila. Intl.THE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD

BOWL-Capitol

EVERYBODY'S RECORDS/NORTHWEST


CHANGES IN ATTITUDES,CHANGES IN LATITUDES-Jimmy Buffett-ABC

EXODUS-Bob Marley & theWailers-Island


LIFESTYLE-John Klemmer-ABCLIGHTS OUT-UFO-ChrysalisLOADING ZONE-Roy Buchanan

-AtlanticNOTHING WILL BE AS IT WAS...

TOMORROW-Flora Purim-WE

SIN AFTER SIN-Judas Priest-Col


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8 BARRY MANILOW LIVE/Arista 8500 3 G

5 COMMODORES/Motown M7 884R1 39 F

8 9 GO FOR YOUR GUNS ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck PZ 34432(CBS) 11 F

9 10 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T13340C2 (Motown) 36 K

10 11 BOSTON/Epic PE 34188 39 F

11 12 A STAR IS BORN (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/Columbia JS34403 28 X

12 14 FOREIGNER/Atlantic SD 18215 12 F

in 28 LITTLE QUEEN HEART/Portrait JR 34799 4 G

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RIGHT ON TIME BROTHERS JOHNSON/A&M SP 4644ENDLESS FLIGHT LEO SAYER/Warner Bros. BS 2962

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24F

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16 16 SILK DEGREES BOZ SCAGGS/Columbia PC 33920 66F17 18 NIGHT MOVES BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND/

Capitol ST 11557 31 G

18 7 THE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL/Capitol SMAS11638 5 G

19 21 EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS SUPERTRAMP/A&M SP4634 9 F

20 22 IZITSO CAT STEVENS/A&M SP 4702 5 G

1;fil 2524

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24 13 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE STEVE MILLER BAND/Capitol ST11497 56 F

25 26 TEDDY PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl. PZ 34390 (CBS) 14 F

El 30 PARLIAMENT LIVE/P FUNK EARTH TOUR/CasablancaNBLP 7053 5 X

27 27 CAROLINA DREAMS MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/CapricornCPK 0130 (WB) 17 G

28 29 CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDESJIMMY BUFFETT/ABC AB 990 18 F

29 20 LEFTOVERTURE KANSAS/Kirshner PZ 34224 (CBS) 31 F

Ep35 HURRY SUNDOWN OUTLAWS/Arista 413519 THEIR GREATEST HITS: 1971-1975 EAGLES/Asylum 7E

4 F

1052 68 F

[El 39 TRAVELIN' AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT THE 0.JAYS/Phla. Intl. PZ 34684 (CBS) 4 F

33 23 A ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE ATLANTA RHYTHMSECTION/Polydor PD 1 6080 23 F

34 33 A REAL MOTHER FOR YA JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/DJM DJLPA 7 (Amherst) 8 F

35 38 TIME LOVES A HERO LITTLE FEAT/Warner Bros. BS 3015 6 F

ED 46 NETHER LANDS DAN FOGELBERG/Full Moon PE 34185(CBS) 3 F

37 37 LET IT FLOW DAVE MASON/Columbia PC 34680 7 F

38 34 TRYING TO GET THE FEELING BARRY MANILOW/Arista4060 16 F

39 36 SLAVE/Cotillion SD 9914 (Atlantic) 12 F

40 31 UNPREDICTABLE NATALIE COLE/Capitol SO 11600 16 G

41 32 DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN/Arista 4123 9 F

42 41 ANIMALS PINK FLOYD/Columbia JC 34474 18 G

43 40 DECEPTIVE BENDS lOcc/Mercury SRM 1 3702 6 G

44 44 SWEET FORGIVENESS BONNIE RAITT/Warner Bros. BS2990 9 F

1p50 GOLD PLATED CLIMAX BLUES BAND/Sire SA 7523 (ABC) 7 F

43 WORKS, VOL. I EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER/Atlantic SD 27000 11 K

47 47 FRIENDS & STRANGERS RONNIE LAWS/Blue Note BN LA730 H 7 Gal 53 A MAN MUST CARRY ON JERRY JEFF WALKER/MCA 26003 5 G

49 52 ROCK AND ROLL OVER KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7037 30 F

50 51 A PLACE IN THE SUN PABLO CRUISE/A&M SP 4625 12 F

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49 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE PETER FRAMPTON/A&M SP3703

42 SONGS FROM THE WOOD JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis CHR1132

45 VOL. II BARRY MANILOW/Arista 401655 LIVE-YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR REO

SPEEDWAGON/Epic PEC 3449458 FLEETWOOD MAC/Reprise MS 2225 (WB)

72 FREE AS THE WIND CRUSADERS/ABC Blue Thumb BT 6029

LIVE AT LAST BETTE MIDLER/Atlantic SD 2 900060 CONQUISTADOR MAYNARD FERGUSON/Columbia PC

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64 CELEBRATE ME HOME KENNY LOGGINS/Columbia PC34655 7 F

62 65 BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/APL1 1467 42 F

63 57 BEST OF THE DOOBIES DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros.BS 2978 31 F

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MI 79 I REMEMBER YESTERDAY DONNA SUMMER/CasablancaNBLP 7056 2 G

66 69 LOVE STORM TAVARES/Capitol STAO 11628 6 F

67 59 BURNIN' SKY BAD COMPANY/Swan Song SS 8500(Atlantic) 13 G

68 71 ANYTIME ...ANYWHERE RITA COOLIDGE/A&M SP 4616

78 LACE AND WHISKEY ALICE COOPER/Warner Bros. BSK

7 Fal3027 4 G

70 73 UPTOWN FESTIVAL SHALAMAR/Soul Train BULL 2289(RCA) 4 F

71 67 DESTROYER KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7025 50 F

72 74 INDIAN SUMMER POCO/ABC AB 789 4 F

82 KENNY ROGERS/United Artists LA689 G 3 G

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK

- CAT SCRATCH FEVER

TED NUGENT

Epic 34700 1 G

84 PART 3 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/T.K. 60581 DREAMBOAT ANNIE HEART/Mushroom MRS 5005

93 SWEET PASSION ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic SD 19102

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134 STAR WARS (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/20th Century2T 541 1

79 56 COME IN FROM THE RAIN CAPTAIN & TENNILLE/A&M SP4700 9

80 80 KISS ALIVE KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7020 8981 86 A RETROSPECTIVE LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol SKBB 1 1 620 3

82 76 SONGS OF KRISTOFFERSON KRIS KRISTOFFERSON/Columbia PZ 34687

83 85 MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY/Capitol ST 1160784 68 IN FLIGHT GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BSK 298385 87 LOVE NOTES RAMSEY LEWIS/Columbia PC 3469686 54 NOW DO-U-WANTA DANCE GRAHAM CENTRAL

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108 A SONG NEIL SEDAKA/Elektra 6E 10270 SOUTHERN NIGHTS GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol SO 11601

89 92 NO SECOND CHANCE CHARLIE/Janus JXS 703290 77 THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE

ASBURY JUKES/Epic PE 3466891 90 WHAT YOU NEED SIDE EFFECT/Fantasy F 951392 61 A PERIOD OF TRANSITION VAN MORRISON/Warner Bros.

BS 298793 62 ELEGANT GYPSY AL DiMEOLA/Columbia PC 3446194 63 AHH ...THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY! BOOTSY'S RUBBER

BAND/Warner Bros. BS 2972 19

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PLAYING UP A STORM THE GREGG ALLMAN BAND/Capricorn CP 0181 (WB)

GREATEST HITS LINDA RONSTADT/Asylum 7E 1092BREEZIN' GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BS 2919ARRIVAL ABBA/Atlantic SD 18207UNMISTAKABLY LOU LOU RAWLS/Phila. Intl. PZ 34488

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OGER ALTREYNE OF THE Boys

ger and friends,an all-star assortment of musicians and writersombine their talents and the result is his third great solo album.

Produced by David Courtneyand Tony Meehan (MCA -2271)

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Asylum 7E 1086EAR CANDY HELEN REDDY/Capitol SO 11640DETECTIVE/Swan Song SS 8417 (Atlantic)ON THE ROAD GEORGE CARLIN/Little David LD 1075 (Atlantic)KIKI DEE/Rocket PIG 2257 (MCA)YEAR OF THE CAT AL STEWART/Janus JKS 7022

CAR WASH (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/MCA 2 6000

LIFESTYLE (LIVING AND LOVING) JOHN KLEMMER/ABCAB 1007

DAVID SOUL/Private Stock PE 2019FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION B.T. EXPRESS/Columbia

PC 34702ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT THELMA HOUSTON/Tamla T6 34551

(Motown)

JENNIFER WARNES/Arista 4062

ASK RUFUS RUFUS/ABC AB 975

WELCOME TO MY WORLD ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA APL1 2274

JOAN ARMATRADING/A&M SP 4588LIVE 'N KICKIN' KINGFISH/Jet/United Artists JT LA732 GDOWDY FERRY ROAD ENGLAND DAN AND JOHN FORD

COLEY/Big Tree BT 76000 (Atlantic)THELMA & JERRY THELMA HOUSTON & JERRY BUTLER/

MOROCCAN ROLL BRAND X/Passport PP 98022 (ABC)

LOADING ZONE ROY BUCHANAN/Atlantic SD 18219FIREFALL/Atlantic SD 18174JEFF BECK WITH THE JAN HAMMER GROUP LIVE/Epic PE 34433YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW SPINNERS/Atlantic

SD 19100A NEW WORLD RECORD ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/

United Artists LA679 GORIGINALS KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7032PETER GABRIEL/Atco SD 36 147

OFF THE RECORD SWEET/Capitol STAID 11636

STILL TOGETHER GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PI PS/BuddahBDS 5689

REAR VIEW MIRROR STARLAND VOCAL BAND/WindsongBHL1 2239 (RCA)

IT FEELS SO GOOD MANHATTANS/Columbia PC 34450

JOYOUS PLEASURE/Fantasy F 9526

LOOK TO THE RAINBOW (AL JARREAU LIVE IN N.Y.)AL JARREAU/Warner Bros. 2BZ 3052

TOYS IN THE ATTIC AEROSMITH/Columbia PC 33479

THE PRETENDER JACKSON BROWNE/Asylum 7E 1079

ROMANTIC JOURNEY NORMAN CONNORS/Buddah BDS 5682STORMIN' BRAINSTORM/Tabu BOLT 2048 (RCA)

SWEET BEGINNINGS MARLENA SHAW/Columbia PC 34458KLAATU/Capitol ST 11542ARE YOU SERIOUS? RICHARD PRYOR/Laff 196

DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS CHILLIWACK/Mushroom MRS 5006

NEW HARVEST... FIRST GATHERING DOLLY PARTON/RCA APL1 2188

THE BEST OF FREDDY FENDER/ABC Dot DO 2079

VIOLATION STARZ/Capitol SW 11617FLOATERS/ABC AB 1030

ANGEL OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury SRM 1 3701

GINSENG WOMAN ERIC GALE/Columbia PC 34421"RECORDED LIVE AT P.J.'S IN L.A." RICHARD PRYOR/

Tiger Lily 14023 (Pyramid)

RECORD WORLD JUNE 18, 1977

151-200 ALBUM CHART151 PHANTASIA NOEL POINTER/Blue

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Capitol SVBB 11307155 ANOTHER MOTHER FURTHER

MOTHER'S FINEST/Epic PE 34699156 MAGIC T. CONNECTION/Dash

30004 (T.K.)157 CELT BEE & THE BUZZY BUNCH

A.P.A. 77001 (T.K.)158 BUMPS AND BRUISES JOE TEX/

Epic PE 34666159 CRIME OF THE CENTURY

SUPERTRAMP/A&M SP 3647160 HOT/Big Tree BT 89522 (Atlantic)161 PHASE II HAMILTON BOHANNON/

Mercury SRM 1 1159162 ANNIE (ORIGINAL CAST -

RECORDING)/ Columbia PS 34712163 DEVIL'S GUN C.J. & COMPANY/

Westbound WB 301 (Atlantic)164 THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE,

BUT WE DID IT DELLS/MercurySRM 1 1145

165 SHOTGUN/ABC AB 979166 SO SO SATISFIED ASHFORD &

SIMPSON/Warner Bros. BS 2992167 DEAN FRIEDMAN/Lifesong LS 6008168 SIN AFTER SIN JUDAS PRIEST/

Columbia PC 34787169 GALE FORCE/Fantasy F 9527170 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK

FLOYD/Harvest SMAS 11163(Capitol)

171 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE MEMICKEY THOMAS/MCA 2256

172 THE GREATEST (ORIGINAL SOUND-TRACK)/Arista 7000

173 WORLD ANTHEM FRANK MARINO &MAHOGANY RUSH/Columbia PC34677

174 FULL HOUSE FRANKIE MILLER'S FULLHOUSE/Chrysalis CHR 1128

175 PHYLLIS HYMAN/Buddah BDS 5681176 LET'S BE CLOSER .. . TOGETHER

TYRONE DAVIS/Columbia PC34 65 4

177 SHIP OF MEMORIES FOCUS/SireSA 7531 (ABC)

178 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN RODSTEWART/Warner Bros. BS 2938

179 WILLIE/BEFORE HIS TIME WILLIENELSON/RCA APL1 2210

180 TOO LATE TO CRY WIDOWMAKER/United Artists LA723 G

181 STRANGERS IN THE CITY JOHNMILES/London PS 682

182 CHILDREN OF THE WORLD BEEGEES/RSO RS 1 3003 (Polydor)

183 PROMISE ME THE MOON DAVIDSANBORN/Warner Bros. BS 3051

184 LED ZEPPELIN IV/Atlantic SD 7208185 IT'S ALL BALCONES FAULT/Cream

CR 1004186 NOTHING BUT A BREEZE JESSE

WINCHESTER/Bearsville BR 6968(WB)

187 KENNY NOLAN/20th Century T 532188 MAKIN' MAGIC PAT TRAVERS/

Polydor PD 1 6103189 FREE FALL DIXIE DREGS/Capricorn

CP 0189 (WB)190 AFTER THE LOVIN' ENGELBERT

HUMPERDINCK/Epic PE 34381191 THE MUSIC MAN PAUL ANKA/

United Artists LA746 H192 HOW'S TRICKS THE JACK BRUCE

BAND/RSO RS 1 3021 (Polydor)193 MAGIC JOURNEY SALSOUL

ORCHESTRA/Salsoul SZS 5515194 38 SPECIAL/A&M SP 4638195 GREATEST18 HITS ELTON JOHN/MCA

196 ENGELBERT SINGS FOR YOUENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK/ParrotBP 688/9 (London)

197 ROCK'N ROLL ROCKET STARBUCK/Private Stock BS 2027

198 SPIRIT OF A WOMAN AMERICANFLYER/United Artists LA720 G

199 SUN POWER SUN/Capitol ST 11609200 CABRETTA MINK DeVILLE/Capitol

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GLEN CAMPBELL 88 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK:GEORGE CARLIN 107 A STAR IS BORN 11CAPTAIN & TENNILLE 74 CAR WASH 110CHARLIE 89 ROCKY . 4CHILLIWACK 143 STAR WARS 78CLIMAX BLUES BAND 45 OUTLAWS 30NATALIE COLE 40 PARLIAMENT 26COMMODORES 7 DOLLY PARTON 144NORMAN CONNORS 138 TEDDY PENDERGRASS 25RITA COOLIDGE 68 PINK FLOYD 42ALICE COOPER 69 PLEASURE 134PABLO CRUISE 50 POCO 72CRUSADERS 56 RICHARD PRYOR 142, 150KIKI DEE 108 ELVIS PRESLEY 117DETECTIVE 106 BONNIE RAITT 44NEIL DIAMOND 100 LOU RAWLS 99AL DIMEOLA 93 HELEN REDDY 105DOOBIE BROTHERS 63 REO SPEEDWAGON 54EAGLES 2, 31 KENNY ROGERS 73ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 127 LINDA RONSTADT 81, 96EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER 46 RUFUS . 116ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY 120 LEO SAYER 15FREDDY FENDER 145 BOZ SCAGGS 16MAYNARD FERGUSON 58 NEIL SEDAKA 87FIREFALL 124 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 17FLEETWOOD MAC 1, 55 SHALAMAR ... 70FLOATERS 147 MARLENA SHAW 140DAN FOGELBERG 36 SIDE EFFECT 91FOREIGNER 12 SLAVE 39PETER FRAMPTON 51 DAVID SOUL 112ARETHA FRANKLIN 77 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY &PETER GABRIEL 129 THE ASBURY JUKES 90ERIC GALE 149 SPINNERS 126MARVIN GAYE 5 STARLAND VOCAL BAND 132ANDREW GOLD 104 STARZ 146GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION 86 AL STEWART ... 109DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 62 CAT STEVENS 20HEART 13, 76 DONNA SUMMER 65THELMA HOUSTON 114 SUPERTRAMP . ....... 19THELMA HOUSTON & JERRY BUTLER 121 SWEET 130ISLEY BROTHERS 8 TAVARES 66AL JARREAU 135 lOcc 43WAYLON JENNINGS 21 UFO 60JETHRO TULL 52 JERRY JEFF WALKER 48KANSAS 29 JENNIFER WARNES 115KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND 75 JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON 34KINGFISH 119 WEATHER REPORT 101KISS 49, 71, 80, 128 WINGS 103KLAATU 141 STEVIE WONDER 9


WILLIAM POWELLJANUARY 20, 1942-MAY26,1977

WITH FOND MEMORIES AND DEEP RESPECT.

MAYS:EDDIE LEVERT

SAM STRAINWALTER WILLIAMS

KENNETH GAMBLELEON HUFF

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS/CBS RECORDS


S UL TRUTHBy DEDE DABNEY

MI NEW YORK: Personal Pick: "Let'sClean Up The Ghetto" -- PhiladelphiaInternational All Stars, Lou Rawls,Billie Paul, Archie Bell & TheDrells, Teddy Pendergrass, O'Jays,DeeDee Sharp Gamble (PIR). ProducersGamble and Huff have gathered theentire crew together to partake ina message tune with strong meaning

which should apply to,any city in the world. Trackis superb, with heavy rhythm and a backbeat thatmake it quite danceable while relating to whatis said.DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "(Do It) The French

Way" -- Crown Heig12:12 Affair (De-Lite); "Saved ByThe Grace Of Your Love" -- Sons of Champlin(Ariola); "You're Gonna Walk Out On Me" --Eddie Floyd (Malaco).

Tomatoe Records, a new label located in New York,is starting to form a staff. One of their newemployees is Norman Thrasher, who will handlepromotion covering the southeast and southwest.Those of you who would like to contact Thrasher mayreach him at a.c. 404-349-7696 or 7697.

"Leaving Me" and "Ain't No Need Of Crying" aretitles included in the album "Smooth As Silk." Itis an 1p destined to explode throughout the countryon Prelude Records. If you do not have this enticingalbum, call your local distributor.Ex -Main Ingredient Tony Sylvester is trying his

hand at engineering! He is currently in the studio

Marilyn & Billy Get Gold

ABC Records executives joined Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. for a tennis andswimming party at the couple's Encino home to celebrate the wrap-up taping oftheir CBS -TV summer series "The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Show." Thevariety program will be seen on the network Wednesday nights at 8:30 beginningJune 15. In a surprise move the record execs presented the artists with gold recordsfor their ABC debut album "I Hope We Get to Love In Time" and the gold single"You Don't Have to Be A Star (To Be In My Show)." Shown here are, from left: HerbBelkin, vice president of operations, ABC; Barry Grieff, new vice president of marketingand creative services; Dick Broder, Marilyn and Billy's manager; Steve Deiner, presi-dent of ABC Records; McCoo; Otis Smith, vice president, ABC; Davis; Mark Meyerson,new vice president of A&R, and Skip Byrd, president, ABC Record Distributors, Inc.

mixing The Main Ingredient's new 1p, and alsoworking with The Imperials. From what we gather,he is singing background on both sides.Philadelphia's own Delfonics are once again in

the musical news! They will enter the studio thisweek with Dexter Wansel, who is now their producer.Four sides will be cut at Sigma Sound and if allgoes well they might have releases some time in thenext several weeks. Tunes that are being done are:"The Sweeter You Treat Her," "Maybe I'm A Fool ToLove You (But I Do)" "Don't Throw It All Away" and"I Don't Care What People Say."From the stable of Gamble/Huff come three

prolific producers, Carstephen, Whitehead andMcFadden. The three are now entering the studiowith Buddah's Melba Moore. They have just con-tributed to the O'Jays 1p, and "Backstabbers" wastheir first million seller, also executed bythe O'Jays.

the Record World

Curtom Records has anew star on the horizon.Her name is Linda Clif-ford. She will be pro-duced by the team ofCurtis Mayfield, LeRoyHutson and Gil Askey.Mary Stewart, presidentof Curtom, recentlybrought Ms. Cliffordaround to meet the press.Ms. Clifford (left) ispictured here with Stew-art and this editor at

offices in N.Y.SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

If you haven't been to see "The Greatest," thenthat should be next on your agenda for movies. Thisbio of The Champ, Muhammad Ali, is without a doubta portrayal of a man and the transition he goesthrough in the world of boxing. It takes you fromwhen he won the gold medal through to his manytriumphs. Ali is not only a winner in the ring butalso on the screen. Musically, the score conquersall with lyrics written by Linda Creed and trackslaid down by Michael Masser. The score is just asexciting as the film. Excellent viewing.

Chuck Eddy Retires From Assoc. Booking NEW YORK - Oscar Cohen,president of Associated BookingCorporation, has announced to-day Chuck Eddy, has retired after18 years of service as vice presi-dent of the company's Chicagooffice.

Hal Munro, who had been as-sistant manager and was servingas vice president during the re-cuperative period of Eddy, hasbeen named vice president. PaulLaMonica has been named thenew assistant manager at theChicago office.

R&B PICKS OF THE WEEK1111 THE BROTHERS JOHNSON, "STRAWBERRY

0 LETTER 23" (Kidada Music,Inc./Off The Wall Music, BMI).Shuggie Otis wrote it, QuincyJones produced and arrangedit, and The Brothers Johnsonperform it magnificently. Ex-tracted from their recent al-bum, "Right On Time," thisfamily duo puts out a fantas-tic sound when it comes toexecuting these lyrics. A&M1949.

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MASSER AND MANDRILL, "ALIBOMBAYE" (Columbia Pic-tures Music, BMI). This discexemplifies the excitementthat weaves In and out of thecrowd when Muhammad Aligets into the ring. The inten-sity of explosive Africanrhythm with interludes ofcrowd togetherness makes fora compelling side. An excitingrecording which is bound forchart action. Arista AS 0250.

2 EMOTIONS, "REJOICE." Harmonyn is simply superb when these three83 beauties perform. Producer Mau -J rice White has done a great4 job with these girls. The deliv-

ery of each and every cut is ex-ceptional. "Key To My Heart,"will unlock many avenues forairplay, and the same goes for"How'd I Know That Love WouldSlip Away" and the title cut.Columbia PC 34762.



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THE R&BSINGLES CHART

JUNE 18, 1977

JUNE18

1

JUNE11

1 GOT TO GIVE IT UP MARVIN GAYE/TamlaT 54280F (Motown) (7th Week)

2 2 HOLLYWOOD RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN/ABC 12269

1E1 16 EASY COMMODORES/Motown M 1418F4 3 SIR DUKE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T 54281 F (Motown)5 6 I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE TEDDY PtNDERGRASS/Phila. Intl.

ZS8 3622 (CBS)6 4 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND/T.K. 10227 8 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE SYLVERS/Capitol P 4405O 14 SEE YOU WHEN I GET THERE LOU RAWLS/Phila. Intl. ZS8

3623 (CBS)9 5 WHODUNIT TAVARES/Capitol P 439810 11 GOOD THING MAN FRANK LUCAS/ICA 001

11 12 IT FEELS SO GOOD (TO BE 42 46 GET HAPPYLOVED SO BAD) JIMMY BO HORNE/Alston 3729

MANHATTANS/Columbia 3 (T.K.)10495 43 44 I GOTTA KEEP DANCIN'

12 7 AIN'T GONNA BUMP (WITH CARRIE LUCAS/Soul Train SB

NO BIG FAT WOMAN) 10891 (RCA)

JOE TEX/Epic 8 50313 44 45 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND13 9 THE PRIDE

BRASS CONSTRUCTION/XW957 Y

ISLEY BROTHERS/T-NeckZ58 2262 (CBS) 45 48 GIRL

42 BEST OF MY LOVEBILLY PRESTON/A&M 1925

EMOTIONS/Columbia 3 10544 46 29 LOVING YOU-LOSING YOU15 17 I'M GOING DOWN

PHYLLIS HYMAN/Buddah 567

ROSE ROYCE/MCA 40721 47 50 FUNKY MUSICJU PAR ORCHESTRA/Ju ParD 28 SLIDE

SLAVE/Cotillion 44128JP 8002 (Motown)

(Atlantic) 48 30 BODY VIBES

17 18 DO WHAT YOU WANNA DOOHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73913

T. CONNECTION/Dash 5032 49 32 I WANNA GET NEXT TO(T.K.) YOU

22 THIS I SWEAR ROSE ROYCE/MCA 40662

TYRONE DAVIS/Columbia 3 50 60 PARTYLAND10528 BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy 794

19 10 TRYING TO LOVE TWOWILLIAM BELL/Mercury 73839

1113 59 I LIKE THE FEELINGLUTHER INGRAM/Koko 725

20 13 UPTOWN FESTIVAL 52 57 I'M GONNA STAY WITH MYSHALAMAR/Soul Train SB

10885 (RCA) BABY TONIGHTGEORGE McCREA/T.K. 1021

131 26 AFTER YOU LOVE ME,WHY DO YOU LEAVE ME

53 58 WATCHA GONNA DO?PA.BLO CRUISE/A&M 1920

HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES FEATURING SHARONPAIGE/ABC 12268 EC) 63 I GET LIFTED

LATIMORE/Glades 1742 (T.K.)

22 21 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY 55 52 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMSARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic HOT/Big Tree BT 16085

3393 (Atlantic)

23 24 WHILE I'M ALONEMAZE/Capitol P 4392

65 SPELLBOUNDBAR KAYS/Mercury 7395ELI

24 25 NOW DO-U-WANTA DANCE 66 GET IT UPGRAHAM CENTRAL STATION/ BEN E. KING & AWB/

Warner Bros. WBS 8378 Atlantic 3402

25 27 OUR LOVE 58 55 SUPERMANTHE DELLS/Mercury 73909 CELT BEE & THE BUZZY BUNCH/

26 23 I CAN'T GET OVER YOUA.P.A. 17000 (T.K.)

DRAMATICS/ABC 12258 - LIVIN' IN THE LIFE

27 15 YOUR LOVEISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck

ZS8 2264 (CBS)MARILYN McCOO & BILLY

DAVIS, JR./ABC 12262 - GONNA LOVE YOU MORE6028 31 THIS WILL BE A NIGHT

GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros.WBS 8377

TO REMEMBEREDDIE HOLMAN/Salsoul 2026 L31 - SHO LIKE GROOVIN'

29 19 DISCO INFERNOWITH YA

JOHNNY BRISTOL/Atlantic 3391

35TRAMMPS/Atlantic 3389

BABY, DON'T CHANGE62 62 KATRINA

LIFESTYLE/MCA 4072230YOUR MIND 63 64 WHY NOT TODAY

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Buddah 569 9TH CREATION/Prelude PRL

710850 36 IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DOTHELMA HOUSTON/Tamla

T 54283F (Motown)

- STRAWBERRY LETTER 23BROTHERS JOHNSON/A&M

194940 YOUR LOVE IS RATED X - ME AND MY MUSIC

JOHNNIE TAYLOR/Columbia 310541

SPINNERS/Atlantic 3400

EI)66 70 ENERGIZER41 SUNSHINE

ENCHANTMENT/United ArtistsTOUCH/Brunswick B 55538

XW991 Y 67 54 KISS IN '7734 34 SHOW ME LOVE JAMES BROWN/Polydor PD

14388CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom

0125 (WB) 68 72 DARLIN'43 LOVIN' IS REALLY MY DONNIE GERRARD/Greedy

G 114GAME (PT. I)

BRAINSTORM/Tabu 10961 (RCA) 69 74 JAM ON THE GROOVE

36 37 (I'M A) SUPERSTARRALPH MacDONALD/Marlin

3312 (T.K.)BRENDA & THE TABULATIONS/

Chocolate City 009 70 - NIGHTS ON BROADWAY(Casablanca) CANDI STA.TON/Warner Bros.

WBS 8387Ell 47 ONCE I'VE BEEN THERE

NORMAN CONNORS/Buddah 71 71 FEEL THE NEED570 DETROIT EMERALDS/Westbound

38 39 GO AWAY LITTLE BOY 55401 (Atlantic)

MARLENA SHAW/Columbia 3 72 - ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR10542 LOVE

39 20 SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO OTIS CLAY/Kayvette 5130 (T.K.)JACKSONS/Epic 8 50350 73 - STICKY STUFF

40 51 CAN'T WE JUST SIT DOWN BOOKERT & THE MG's/Asylum45342

(AND TALK IT OVER) 74 - BACK TOGETHER AGAINDONNA SUMMER/Casablanca DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/

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884

A REAL MOTHER FOR YAJOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/

75 - RCA PB 10860VITAMIN USMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla T

131DJM 1024 (Amherst) 5284F (Motown)

AM Action(Continued from page 26)

New on WABC, KXOK (24) and WKBW (27).

Alice Cooper (Warner Bros.). Top 10 in Detroit(8-8 WDRQ) and a 10 -point jump at WLAC (35-25) arethe basis for excitement here. A fantastic week asfar as this record is concerned. New on KHJ, WQXI,WOKY, WCPX, KIIS, WCAO, WBBF, KRIZ, CK101, KAKC,WSGA, KNDE, WJON, KDON and WICC. Other healthy jumpsinclude 22-13 CKLW, HB-32 KSLQ, 38-35 WCOL, 30-28WRKO, 8-7 WNOE, 20-14 WJBQ, 22-16 WJDX, 21-15 BJ105,16-11 WGSV, 27-21 WRFC, 25-17 WPRO-FM, 21-15WISE, plus more.

Bay City Rollers (Arista). A rather early crackat WLS as well as WMAK, WNOE, KACK, WAIR, WDRC,WSGA, KSLY and WISE, supported by sensational jumpsin markets already airing this hot item, make thisthe winning candidate for the Powerhouse Pick thisweek. The numbers look like this: 25-14 WRKO, #10Y100, HB-21 WGCL, 40-21 WCOL, 29-25 KRIZ, 28-21WIFI, 22-16 KCPX, 28-19 WPRO-FM, HB-27 WGUY and38-33 KMGK.

CROSSOVER

Emotions (Columbia). Exploded in pop sales thisweek, especially in the southeast and midwest, andgains the support of Y100, Z96, WQXI (part time)and WDRQ to kick off the major top 40 radio activity.An extremely potent record.

James Taylor (Columbia). Following last week'spre -commercial product radio action are the newlygarnered WPGC, WQXI (day part), WLAC, WCOL, KJR(day part), WCAO, WBBQ, WRFC, WRJZ, KSLY and WOW.Update includes 30-27 KLIF, HB-29 CKLW, HB-40 KILT,HB WMAK, HB-33 WKIX, HB-34 WFLB, HB-27 KERN, HB-29KVOX, HB-30 WAIR and HB-27 WGLF.

NEW ACTIONRam Jam (Epic) "Black Betty." Rock 'n roll

breakout out of St. Louis (25-16 KSLQ) touched offnow with WRKO, KILT, WNOE, WCOL, B100, WAIR, KMGK.Also on WDRQ, KCPX, WRFC, WERC, 98Q, WAUG, WBBQ,KERN and WISE, among others.

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R&B REGIONAL BREAKOUTSSingles Albums

East:Blackbyrds (Fantasy)Luther Ingram (Koko)Isley Brothers (T -Neck)

Spinners (Atlantic)Ralph MacDonald (Marlin)

South:Isley Brothers (T -Neck)

Otis Clay (Kayvette)

Midwest:Isley Brothers IT -Neck)Seorge Benson (Warner Bros.)Johnny Bristol (Atlantic)Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Asylum)Hall & Oates (RCA)Smokey Robinson I Tarnla)

West:Enchantment (United Artists)

East:Floaters (ABC)

Al Jarreau (Warner Bros.)Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)Hot (Big Tree)

South:Floaters (ABC)

Hot (Big Tree)

Midwest:Floaters (ABC)

Al Jarreau (Warner Bros.)Bob Marley & the Wailers (Island)

West:Hot (Big Tree)

RECORD WORLD JUNE 18, 1977


Disco File (Continued from page 32)

dictable but quite winning medley of the Munich Machine's GreatestHits: "Love to Love You Baby," "Trouble Maker," "Try Me, I KnowWe Can Make It," "I Wanna Funk with You Tonite," "Spring Affair"-all speeded up and blended together with just a touch of vocals. Thetransitions are brilliant and the whole things runs about 16 minuteswithout a boring second. Even more interesting, however, is "Get onthe Funk Train" (15:45) which has a terrifically idiosyncratic produc-tion that's both witty and riveting. It took me some time to get into"Funk Train" as a whole-I'm still not sure about the whiney, pranc-ing violins in the romantic central section-but the cumulative effectis so involving (especially in the final part with the horn flourishes)that now I find it hard to resist. Production is, of course, by GiorgioMoroder and Pete Bellotte and it's as sharp and glorious as ever.

"Heaven is a disco/The Lord is a DJ/The angels are the waiters/and there's nothin' to pay"-that bizarre utopian vision is from thebig, brassy, all-out production number opening of Paul Jabara's debutalbum, "Shut Out" (Casablanca). "Shut Out/Heaven Is a Disco" (9:30)is the fantasy 'of a boy turned away from a club on a Saturday nightwho turns to his Donna Summer records only to have Donna appearPeter Pan -like, swooning "O000 Paul" and beckoning him away withher to the ultimate disco: "Open up those golden gates/Here wecome on roller skates." The style is very pop disco with Broadwayshow overtones (compare D.C. LaRue's "Tea Dance") and one canalmost see the cast -of -thousands movie musical version. Summer'sguest appearance is a highlight, especially when she goes into aTina Turner spoof, and the production swirls and soars non-stop,Jabara swooping above it all, delightfully manic. The medley blendsright into "Dance," a remixed version of an earlier Jabara singlethat sounds even more rousing and fun here, and the whole sidewinds down beautifully with another transition into "Slow Dancing"(5:00), a compelling ballad. The other side includes Jabara's nutsyversion of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and several other non -dance cuts.Jabara and promo wiz Marc Paul Simon are listed as executive pro-ducers with Art Wright, Ron Dante and Stan Vincent contributingindividual cuts. One of the most entertaining albums of the season,it's also pressed on cherry -red vinyl . . . Disco people will be deeplydisappointed to learn that a current favorite, "Best of My Love,"is no longer on the Emotions' just -out album than it is on the single(3:40), but "Rejoice" (Columbia), one of the most eagerly antici-pated albums ,of the past few months, is otherwise too dazzling tocomplain. If there is nothing to compare to "I Don't Wanna LoseYour Love," the vocals are so breathtakingly good that you won'twant to miss this one. Maurice White produced in his unique styleand the Emotions are clearly so in tune with him that the wholealbum seems to glow with a vibrant spirituality. Standouts: "How'dI Know That Love Would Slip Away" (which was included on DenieceWilliams' album as "Slip Away") "Rejoice" and "Blessed." A realbeauty.

CHOICE CUTS: "Running Away," a sprightly jumping cut fromthe new Roy Ayers Ubiquity album, "Lifeline" (Polydor), that hasmarvelous, multi -level vocals in a complex arrangement . . . "Terroron the Dance Floor," a strong strings -and -synthesizer Europeaninstrumental by Hot Blood (recorded in Munich and featuring theMunich Philharmonic) with a lot of very commercial hooks andhorrified -crowd sound effects that sound like they came from somelow -budget Japanese monster movie. "Terror" has already beenappearing on a number of top 10 lists and reportedly was a majorhit in Japan (that figures) but the album, "Soul Dracula" (Dynamo),has little else of interest but a chicly gory cover by fashion photog-rapher Chris Von Wangenheim of one stylishly demonic womanwith red, red lips grasping that bloody neck of another woman, likea cat bringing in its prey. "Terror on the Dance Floor" (5:44) is alsoavailable on a disco disc . . . "Glider" (4:38) by the Dutch groupFocus: a left field instrumental with synthesizer, guitars, eerie voices,driving piano and a great deal of spirit, from the "Ship of Mem-ories" album on Sire . . . A lot of DJs have been calling my atten-tion to the "Keith Barrow" album on Columbia (produced by BobbyEli), especially a song called "A World of Lonely People" (6:30).Barrow has a unique, high, gospel -tinged voice that he makes superbuse of in "World," an invigorating message song in the Baker, Harris& Young tradition. The rest of the album is also impressive-greatvocals!-and this is a fine debut.

RECOMMENDED DISCO DICSC: I raved about the Hodges, James& Smith version of "Since I Fell for You" several weeks back butnow producer William Mickey Stevenson has expanded the song to10:30 and London has brought the whole thing out as an incredible12 -inch pressing. The remix adds emotional, jazzy sax breaks; awonderful wash of strings; and ecstatic vocal sweeps that double the

record's impact and make it an essential disc right now . . . Oneof the more popular import disco discs of recent weeks has beenKebekelektrik's "Journey Into Love" on Direction, a new Canadianlabel already making a strong impression with its excellent selec-tion of material and its striking graphic design. "Journey Into Love,"which was disco -mixed by George Cucuzzela and Dominic Zgarkaof the Canadian Record Pool ("Created for the Canadian RecordPool" it says right on the label), sounds like it was inspired bySpace's "Magic Fly" (much the way the Black Light Orchestra's"Touch Me, Take Me" was obviously inspired by "Love in C Minor")and, like that record, this is a sprawling synthesizer compositionwith a gripping pulse beat. The main thing that sets "Journey" apartfrom "Magic Fly" is a short, bare percussion intro which is repeatedas a break in slightly longer form toward the end. Derivitive butexciting.

Corea Plays New York

Polydor Incorporated executives seen backstage at New York's Palladium Theaterfollowing the opening night performance of Polydor recording artist Chick Corea andhis group Return to Forever are, from left: Len Epand, acting publicity director; HarryAnger, vice president of marketing; Lou Simon, executive vice president and generalmanager; Corea; Bob Hurwitz, a&r director for ECM Records; Randy Roberts, fieldalbum promotion manager; Ron Moss, manager of Chick Corea; and Jerry Jaffe,national album promotion director.

Radio Short Takes (Continued from page 26)acting PD at WOW . . . Opening for MD at KGW. Contact MikePhillips at (501) 226-5069 . . . KAAY takes on two new deejays;from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. is Steve Gunn, and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.is Mark Winston.

WRJZ kicked off its series of summer promotions with the "Good-time Summer 62 Weekend" over the recent holiday weekend. Inaddition to playing hits from summers past, hourly callers weregiven copies of "The Beach Boys Love You" album and GordonLightfoot's "Summertime Dream" album . . . Steve Fredericks, awardwinning K -Earth news director and longtime K -Earth news person-ality, has added another coveted award to his list of recognitions.The Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation at Columbia Universitypresented the merit Award to Fredericks recently for the "SteveFredericks K -Earth News" . . . WEAQ had the Eau Claire 500 con-test over Memorial Day holiday weekend. It featured two "races"each hour between hit oldies, with callers voting the winners. Ran-dom voters were awarded 48 oz. bottles of Coke. 500 bottles weregiven away . . . Jim Healy, sports director at Metromedia Radio'sKLAC in Los Angeles, has been named a host of the new "All -StarAnything Goes" game show . . . Mark Grenier of KDWB will joinKVOX shortly as FM PD . . . Dave Scott has joined WAIR doing6-10 p.m. Scott is from WZOO . . . J. J. Scott has been named assist -and PD at WRJZ.

New line-up at 98Q; 5:30 a.m.-9 a.m., Scott Kerr; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Dave O'Brien; 2-6 p.m., Chuck Whittaker; 6-10, Gary Michaels;10-2 a.m., Dr. John Savage; 2 a.m.-5:30 a.m., Jason Laing . . . KINGBroadcasting is negotiating with Avco Broadcasting in re of buyingKYA-AM-FM and WRTH . . . WIFI held a contest last week wherethe winners would "take a day off with pay with Byron & Tanaka."The station worked out a deal with the winners employers so thatif the employer would give their employee the day off with paythe station would plug free advertising all day for them . . . Wellit looks like Dave Mason will be joining his faithful buddy BobSavage at 130 ... Jeff Ryder will take over the whole show at WBBF.



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o LP CHARTWORLD

JUNE 18, 1977

1. COMMODORESMotown M7 88R1

2. MARVIN GAYE LIVE AT THE LONDONPALLADIUM

Tamla T7 342R2 (Motown)

3. GO FOR YOUR GUNSISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck PZ 34432 (CBS)

4. RIGHT ON TIMEBROTHERS JOHNSON/A.&M SP 4644

5. SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFESTEVIE WONDER/Tamla 113 340C2

(Motown)

6. TRAVELIN' AT THE SPEED OFTHOUGHT

O'JAYS/Phila. Intl. PZ 34683 (CBS)

7. A REAL MOTHER FOR YAJOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/DJM

DJLPA 7 (Amherst)

8. TEDDY PENDERGRASSPhila. Intl. PZ 34390 (CBS)

9. PARLIAMENT LIVE/P FUNK EARTHTOUR

Casablanca NBLP 7053

10. SLAVECotillion SD 9914 (Atlantic)

11. UNMISTAKABLY LOULOU RAWLS/Phila. Intl. PZ 34488 (CBS)

12. NOW DO-U-WANTA DANCEGRAHAM CENTRAL STATION/

Warner Bros. BS 3041

13. ASK RUFUSRUFUS/ABC 975

14. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLYCapitol ST 11607

15. I REMEMBER YESTERDAYDONNA SUMMER/Casablanca NBLP 7056

16. STILL TOGETHERGLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/

Buddah BDS 5689

17. SWEET PASSIONARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic SD 19102

18. PART 3KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/T.K. 605

19. LOVE STORMTAVARES/Capitol STAO 11628

20. THELMA & JERRYTHELMA HOUSTON & JERRY BUTLER/

Motown M6 887S1

21. FRIENDS AND STRANGERSRONNIE LAWS/Blue Note BN LA730 H

(UA)

22. WHAT YOU NEEDSIDE EFFECT/Fantasy F 9513

23. UNPREDICTABLENATALIE COLE/Capitol SO 11600

24. UPTOWN FESTIVALSHALAMAR/Soul Train BUL1 2289 (RCA)

25. FREE AS THE WINDCRUSADERS/ABC Blue Thumb BT 6029

26. ROMANTIC JOURNEYNORMAN CONNORS/Buddah BDS 5682

27. IT FEELS SO GOODMANHATTANS/Columbia PC 34450

28. ANGELOHIO PLAYERS/Mercury SRM 1 3701

29. MAGICT CONNECTION/Dash 3004 (T.K.)

30. STORMIN'BRAINSTORM/Tabu BOL1 2048 (RCA)

31. FLOATERSABC AB 1030

32. LOOK TO THE RAINBOW(AL JARREAU LIVE IN N.Y.)

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MARLENA SHAW/Columbia PC 3445834. ARE YOU SERIOUS?

RICHARD PRYOR/Laff 196

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39. PHYLLIS HYMANBuddah BDS 5681

40. HOTBig Tree BT 89522 (Atlantic)

Dialogue (Continued from page 50)

so they're perfectly willing to help out. The whole secret is not toask for help when they can't afford the diverting of manpower. Inthe Florida case there's an overlap because we're covering it our-selves, but at least we're sure that we're getting the proper coverage.

RW: How does your own promotion field force work?Frank: We have someone in L.A. covering both L.A. and San

Francisco; we have a rep in Michigan who covers the entire Michi-gan area; and someone in Baltimore who covers that city and Wash-ington and overlaps into Virginia. So we have three regional repsand a full-time person. We can never do enough out there. Wecan never sell enough records.

RW: You've done records with B.T. Express, Brass Construction,Enchantment and now Shirley Caesar. Do you want to be known asan r&b or soul label?

Frank: We're trying to become a full service label. Most of ourblack acts aren't just black acts, but have great crossover potential.The record we just did with Shirley Caesar is a good example ofone of our biggest problems. When we tell stations and stores thatwe're coming out with Shirley's new album they all say, "Oh, anew gospel album." Well, we're trying to fight that. We don't assumeanything about an artist's market and we're out to prove that agreat singer like Shirley can crossover into several markets and makethe top of the charts.

Maurer: As far as we're concerned she's just as right for pop asgospel. Sure she's a gospel singer. But to begin with, this album'sbeen done differently from anything she's ever done in the past.Look at Stevie Wonder. Is he a gospel artist, a pop artist or anr&b artist? The crossover potential is the same here.

RW: Who do you currently have on your label?Frank: B.T. Express was our first group. They record for Columbia,

but with a Roadshow logo. Brass Construction was another act wehad. But we were really just building then and couldn't service themproperly so they went out on their own. Enchantment has been ourfirst act since we've set up with UA. Also Shirley Caesar and MarkRadice. We're in the studio with a group called The Winners, whichis like a black Chicago. In addition, we have a couple of other acqui-sitions that we can't discuss yet.

RW: Do you have any plans to get into other things besidesrecords?

Frank: We have a very active publishing company which is pro-motion oriented. Our publishing has been very successful worldwide.We've had a number of hits in France. We've also had hits with TinyTim. Also we've made some films, like the one we did with BrassConstruction.

RW: Do you have any plans to expand your activities in film?Maurer: I think we probably do. But we want to do it slowly and

carefully. When the right opportunity arises we'll take it. If thathappens tomorrow or five years from now, we'll be ready. In fact,we're investigating a couple of projects right now. But our firstpriority is to establish ourselves as a credible record company.

Frank: I don't know of another operation quite like ours. Becausewe have a good relationship with the president of UA we have totalautonomy in everything we do. We're a full service record companythat happens to be distributed through United Artists.

Bootsy Brings Gold

A gold record presentation ceremony was held recently in Chicago in honor of BootsyCollins, whose current Bootsy's Rubber Band album on Warner Bros., "Ahh . . .

The Name Is Bootsy, Baby," is his first gold record. On hand for the traditional cere-monies were (from left) Bootsy's mother, who flew in from Cincinnatti for the ocassion;Gary Collins, Bootsy's young nephew; Bootsy; Warner Bros. talent executive BobKrasnow with the gold album; and Ron Strasner, whose Backstage Managementmanages Bootsy's Rubber Band.

GO THE JAZZt1o LP CHART

JUNE 18, 1977

1. HEAVY WEATHERWEATHER REPORT/Columbia PC 34418

2. CONQUISTADORMAYNARD FERGUSON/Columbia PC

34457

3. FRIENDS AND STRANGERSRONNIE LAWS/Blue Note BN LA730 H

(UA)

4. FREE AS THE WINDCRUSADERS/ABC/Blue Thumb BT 6029

5. LOVE NOTESRAMSEY LEWIS/Columbia PC 34696

6. IN FLIGHTGEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BSK 2983

7. ELEGANT GYPSYAL DI MEOLA/Columbia PC 34461

8. MUSICMAGICRETURN TO FOREVER/Columbia PC

34682

9. TURN THIS MUTHA OUTIDRIS MUHAMMAD/Kudu KU 34 (CTI)

10. SEAWINDCTI 5002

11. LIFESTYLE (LIVING AND LOVING)JOHN KLEMMER/ABC AB 1007

12. FOURBOB JAMES/CTI 7074

13. GINSENG WOMANERIC GALE/Columbia PC 34421

14. DON'T STOP THE MUSICTHE BRECKER BROTHERS/Arista 4122

15. RIGHT ON TIMEBROTHERS JOHNSON/A&M SP 4644

16. BREEZIN'GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BS 2919

17. FROM ME TO YOUGEORGE DUKE/Epic PE 34469

18. A REAL MOTHER FOR YAJOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/DJM DJLPA

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19. ROMANTIC JOURNEYNORMAN CONNORS/Buddah BDS 5682

20. STUFFWarner Bros. BS 2968

21. NOTHING WILL BE AS IT WASTOMORROW

FLORA PURIM/Warner Bros. BS 298522. V.S.O.P.

HERBIE HANCOCK/Columbia PG 3468823. PHANTAZIA

NOEL POINTER/Blue Note BN LA736 H(UA)

24. SHOUT IT OUTPATRICE RUSHEN/Prestige P 10101

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26. WHAT THE WORLD IS COMING TODEXTER WANSEL/Phila. Intl. PZ 34487

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28. THE PHIL WOODS SIX "LIVE FROMTHE SHOWBOAT"

PHIL WOODS/RCA 8GL2 2202229. PASSENGERS

THE GARY BURTON QUARTET WITHEBERHARD WEBER/ECM 1092 (Polydor)

30. BIRD IN A SILVER CAGEHERBIE MANN/Atlantic SD 18209

31. REVELATIONCHARLES EARLAND AND ODYSSEY/

Mercury SRM 1 1149

32. MOROCCAN ROLLBRAND X/Passport PP 98022 (ABC)

33. UNF!NISHED BUSINESSTHE BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy F 9518

34. ENCOUNTERFLORA PURIM/Milestone M 9077

35. FRIENDSOREGON/Vanguard VSD 79370

36. HOMECOMINGDEXTER GORDON/Columbia PG 34650

37. SWEET BEGINNINGSMARLENA SHAW/Columbia PC 34458

38. IMAGINARY VOYAGEJEAN LUC PONTY/Atlantic SD 18195

39. MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARYGARY BARTZ/Capitol ST 11647

40. PLAYERS ASSOCIATIONVanguard VSD 79384



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Also reporting this week: WCCO-FM, WBZ, WGN, WTMJ, WCCO,WKBC-FM, WSM, WGAR, WSAR,KFI, KOY, KMBZ, KULF.

Loggins Drops In

Columbia recording artist Kenny Loggins recently began a spring tour with FleetwoodMac to play before the audiences who have responded to his first solo 1p, "Cele-brate Me Home." On the eve of the first date, Kenny dropped in on his friendsat Record World to chat about the new album and tour. Pictured from left: LarryLarson, Ken's personal manager; Lenny Beer, vice president, marketing, RecordWorld; Kenny Loggins; Spence Berland, vice president, west coast manager, RecordWorld; Sam Sutherland, west coast editor, Record World; and Samuel Graham, assist-ant editor, Record World.

CBS Intl. TapsJack Oppenheim NEW YORK-Jack Oppenheimhas been named to the positionof director, development, CBSRecords, by Bernard DiMatteo,CRI vice president, developmentand administration. The appoint-ment is effective immediately.

In this post, Oppenheim willevaluate the division's growthopportunities, particularly in theareas of acquisition, diversifica-tion and new markets.

Oppenheim comes to CBSfrom Visual Information Systems,Inc., where he was director ofproject development.

'Love' on His Mind

Dick Bozzi, program director of radiostation CKLW in Detroit, is presented witha gold record for his part in helping tobreak Natalie Cole's "I've Got Love OnMy Mind" single. Seen at the presenta-tion at the CKLW studios are (from left):Craig Lambert, Capitol's Detroit promo-tion manager; Bozzi; and Vivian Fant,Capitol's r&b promotion manager for thatarea.

Abkco Profit

Frampton Price Hike(Continued from page 6)

about $8.98. We checked someopinions in the field, and decidedthat the market wasn't there foran $8.98 Ip, even for two records.Think about it - "FramptonComes Alive" is one of the big-gest records ever; right nowwe're at 7.2 million units with it.Why should we sell it at such abargain price? After all, it is tworecords."

"I don't believe the list priceraise on Frampton will have anyeffect on sales," said Rick Gil-man, pop album buyer for South-ern California's Music Plus chain."I see prices go up all over theplace. The soundtrack for 'TheDeep' (Casablanca) for example,is $8.98, the same price. ' TheDeep" is an unproven record,certainly, when you compare itto Frampton. Prices are rising,and the consumer is acceptingthe hikes."

Indeed, retail and wholesalereaction to the A&M move waspositive, in terms of price, andonly negative in terms of timing."It's not going to hurt our sales,"Fead affirmed. "We had 'a goodprogram this Spring that alloweddistributors to buy in. Virtuallyeveryone took advantage of theprogram; there are a lot ofFrampton albums on the floorright now. Quite simply: we sawthat the market could stand a

price raise and we did it. We donot," he concluded, "expect anykind of sales slowdown."

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vided for an exchange of fundswhich resulted in a net cash re-ceipt by Abkco of approximately$4,200,000. Abkco has relin-quished its claim to continuingcommissions based on agree-ments negotiated by the company

under its management agree-ments. The company purchasedan aggregate of 52,882 shares ofAbkco common stock fromGeorge Harrison, John Lennon,Yoko Ono Lennon and RichardStarkey for a total of $80,000.



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RECORD WORLD ,,L° LATIN AMERICANRecord World en Brasil

By OLAVO A. BIANCODespues de un ano fuera de

Brasil, Morris Albert (Charger),estuvo unos dias en Rio de Ja-neiro y Sao Paulo, donde actuoen distintos programas de tele-vision, estuvo con periodistas,amigos, artistas y partici en unagira que lo Ilevari a Toronto,Rochester y Mexico, (Hola ViloArias!), para luego competir enel Festival de Tokyo y terminaren Asia.'Morris, que gang el aliopasado el festival de Mallorca,estara la noche final del festivaleste alio, para entregar el premioal ganador junto con Raphael,quien tambien esti invitado estealio.

Dejo de existir la esposa delconocido presentador de televi-sion y empresario Silvio Santos.Al funeral asistieron algunos ami-gos y los asesores mas directos.Esa fue la primera vez en quinceafios que su popular show de losDomingos no fue al aire.

Segun declaraciones hechaspor Adolfo Pino (RCA), dichacompania esti en negociacionespara firmar a Milton Nascimento,quien actualmente esti bajo con-trato con Emi/Ode6n. Segun in-formaciones que tenemos, es po-sible que el grupo Secos y Mol-hados, que han logrado gran exi-to en Brasil asi como el exterior,esti para volver al escenario ar-tistico, gracias a Ia imaginacionde Andre Midani (WEA). GersonConrad y Joao Ricardo estin deacuerdo, pero falta la aprobacionde Ney Matogrosso, la figura misdiscutida del grupo. iVolverin?...Sergio Reiss (RCA), canta eltema de la pelicula "0 MeninoDa Porteira" que se exhibio ensesiOn especial para Ia prensa lasemana pasada... Roberto Carlostuvo un Ileno total, (como siem-pre), en los tres dias que se pre-sento en Sao Paulo. Ahora, se-guiri rumbo a Buenos Aires, endonde se viene anunciando des -de hace varias semanas... JorgeBen (Phonogram), volvera a Parisen ototio, donde sera muy Bienrecibido... De muy alta calidadel nuevo Ip de Fafa de Belem(Phonogram), con varios temasde autores desconocidos... "LosHombres No Deben Llorar," fueun tema brasilelio que King Clavegrabo y obtuvo un gran exit°,ahora, se vira Ia moneda y la Po-lydor lanza con mucha fuerza yexit° versiones en portugues decanciones que fueron exit° porSandra, Saba, etc.... Nelson Ned(Copacabana) y Carmen Silva(RCA), se presentaran juntos enel Madison Square Garden de

Nueva York el dia 19 de Junio!.Maria Creusa, Toquinho, y

Vinicius de Marais, se presentancon gran exit° en el Olympia deParis... Ella Fitzgerald, gran can-tante norteamericana, se presen-tari en Brasil para Noviembre...y Ray Conniff y sus mOsicos, es-taran con nosotros en Agosto, enuna realizacion de Manoel Pola-dian ... La industria del disco, seprepara para marcar el centena-rio del Disco con conmemora-ciones especiales en Brasil. El

Premio del Disco, promocion dela Asociacion Brasilefia de Pro-ductores de Discos, tendra estealio el titulo cambiado para "Pre-mio Centenario."

Se encuentra ya en plena fun-ciOn el "Teatro Clara Niiiiez" conla presentacion del especticulo"Canto de las Tres Razas." ClaraNunez esti recibiendo muchasmanifestaciones de los artistas,mCisicos, etc., por su labor en laapertura de otro centro de traba-jo para los profesionales... El

nuevo disco de Elis Regina(Phonogram), incluye una partici-paciem especial de Milton Nasci-mento (Emi/Odeon). Las infor-maciones que tenemos acerca dedicha producciOn son extraordi-narias en cuanto a su calidad ar-tistica... SegOn Ia prensa de Riode Janeiro, el autor y cantanteRaul Seixas, ya firma nuevo con-trato con la WEA, saliendo dePolydor.

Marcos Maynard Araujo, muyexitoso en sus funciones en Ia

Phonogram de Sao Paulo, serapromovido muy pronto en Ia es-tructura de la organizacion a lacual pertenece. El esti muy en-vuelto en la produccion del nue-vo disco de Elis Regina. Su ascen-sion a nuevas alturas hace creerque la "sangre nueva" y Ia reno-vacion muy necesaria en Ia fono-grafia brasilefia sigue un exce-lente proceso... Ronnie Von(RCA), esperaba contar con supresencia en la competencia se-minal de "Cual es Ia Musica,"para la promocion de su nuevo1p, que esti muy bueno y quetiene muchas posibilidades, peroIa semana pasada perdi6 frentea Ricardo (Som Livre) despuesde mantenerse en el tope.

Wando (Beverly) estaba muyemocionado al leer Ia informa-ci6n del corresponsal de RecordWorld en Espana, por el sucesode sus grabaciones en las disco-tecas de Madrid. Cuando leia Ia

noticia recibio una larga distan-cia para invitarle a participar enel "Festival de Mallorca."

DESDE NUESTRRINCON INTERNACIONAL

By TOMAS FUNDORALa noticia de Ia semana dentro de nuestro

mundillo ha sido, indudablemente, la designacionde Louis Couttolenc como Presidente de RCARecords, con base en Nueva York. Couttolenc, conamplio historial como ejecutivo de gran fuerza ad-ministrativa y conocedor a fondo de todos losproblemas inherentes a la promoci6n del pro-ducto discogrifico, sera un elemento muy valiosoque dirigird a RCA hacia pastos verdes y agre-sivos. Para la industria latina es un paso de gran

significaci6n, ya que a traves de su amplia y brillante ejecutoria diri-giendo los destinos de RCA, Mexico, Louis conoce a fondo mejorque nadie todos los problemas, vicios, virtudes y planeamientos deIa industria latina. Su amplia experiencia en los mercados europeosabarcan limites que proyectan el horizonte internacional de RCAcon gran fuerza. Couttolenc retendra su posici6n como Presidente

de RCA, Mexico, aun cuando su base de opera-ciones funcionard desde Nueva York. Su dominioabsoluto del idioma Espanol y su capacidad de ac-ci6n ya ampliamente demostrada, abre un her-moso camino para todo lo nuestro, dentro delgran conglomerado multinacional de RCA... I Exi-tos Louis en estas nuevas y poderosas proyec-ciones!

Alfonso Sainz, ex-Iider del grupo espariol LosLouis Coutfolenc Pekenikes, que hace algunos aiios dieron fuerte

con "Hilo de Seda" acaba de ser Ianzado con gran fuerza promocio-nal por el sello Lucifer, una division de International Broadcasting

System, con base en Orlando, Florida. Recibo in-vitaciOin para asistir al "cocktail party" en ocasiondel lanzamiento de su long playing titulado "Que.-date," que se celebrard en Winter Park, Florida,al cual lamentablemente no podre asistir por en-contrarme de viaje por tierras neoyorquinas. iLaproducci6n IBS de Alfonso Sainz merece el mayorde los exitos!... Discos Fuentes de Colombia re -

4; novo su contrato de distribuciem y prensaje enAlfonso Sainz Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico con Miami Records

por un termino de cinco arms adicionales... Despues de firmar denuevo con Fania Records de Nueva York, por un largo period() de

tiempo, Willie Colon se encuentra grabando conCelia Cruz un long playing en La Tierra Studios,de Nueva York... Proclamo la revista espaliola"Show Press," a Lorenzo Santamaria como la"Atraccion del Arlo," haciendole entrega de untrofeo como tal, de parte del Presidente de laAgrupaci6n de Empresarios de Salas de Baile, Dis-cotecas y Salas de Fiesta de Espana, Antonio Mar -

1 cos Mataix. De su ultimo elepe titulado "Tu Son -Lorenzo Saritamaria risa," se acaba de Ianzar en Espana un sencillo

conteniendo "Te dare mi vida" que promete obtener exito intere-sante.

Alhambra Records tambien estaba siendo profundamente perjudi-cada por la empresa "pirata" recientemente descubierta e intervenidapor el FBI en el area de Nueva York. Seis de los albumes de JulioIglesias estaban siendo duplicados ilegalmente hasta Ia saciedad. Ycomo siempre, se confirman mis palabras de que nadie que no esterelacionado directamente con la industria, se mete a estar pirateandoel producto. Son siempre miembros de la industria, alimentados yenriquecidos por ella misma. El propio distribuidor que me inform6telefOnicamente, desde la escena de los hechos, cuando el FBI inter-venia legalmente en Ia duplicadora ilegal, olvido mencionarme quelamentablemente era cliente legal de Ia duplicadora, encargindolelos trabajos de duplicaciOn de su propia produccion. El "hombrin"duplicaba una cantidad determinada para sus clientes y guardaba en




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3. QUIEREME, TENGO FRIOCHIRINO-Gema

4. YEAR OF THE CATAL STEWART-Janus

5. DANCING QUEENABBA-Atlantic

6. MI PROPIO YOARMANDO MANZANERO-RCA

7. I LIKE DREAMIN'KENNY NOLAN-20th Century

8. YOU KNOW, LIKE I KNOWOZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS-A&M

9. QUISIERAJEFFRY-Polydor

10. SIJOSE LUIS PERALES-Hispavox

New York (Salsa)By JOE GAINES

1. NO ESTAS EN NADAJUSTO BETANCOURT-Fania

2. ESA PRIETAPACHECO-Fania

3. LO QUE ESTA PASANDOORCH. HARLOW-Fania

4. SUNDAY KIND OF LOVEBOBBY RODRIGUEZ-Vaya

5. EL PIO PIOSONORA PONCENA-Inca

6. LAS AVISPASWILFRIDO VARGAS-Karen

7. LA SOLUCION DE LA SALSASOCIEDAD 76-Borinquen

8. LA SALSA SE IMPONEJOE QUIJANO-Nueva Cesta

9. ISLA DEL ENCANTOORCH. BROADWAY -Coco

10. KUKU-CHA-KUCHACHARANGA 76-TR

Puerto RicoBy WTTR (MALEO)

1. TEMERIDADHARRY FRATICELLI

2. LOS LIMONESCONJUNTO QUISQUEYA

3. PRONOSTICOIMPACTO CREA

4. EL AMOR ENTRE TU Y YONYDIA CARO

5. DE ENGANOSCARMITA JIMENEZ

6. NO ESTAS EN NADAJUSTO BETANCOURT

7. A LA DERIVA/A ESCONDIDASFELITO FELIX

8. EL PIO PIOSONORA PONCENA

9. DURMIENDO EN LA MISMA CAMAMANOLO GALVAN

10. PAGINAS DEL ALMAYOLANDITA MONGE

Los AngelesBy KWKW (PEPE ROLON)

1. AMOR SECRETOEDUARDO NUNEZ-Raff

2. LA DICHA QUE ME FUE NEGADALEONARDO FAVIO-Microfon

3. SE ACABO EL AMORCHELO-Musart

4. SE ACABO EL AMORTANIA-TH

5. TE QUISE OLVIDARLOS JINETES-Magneto

6. QUE NO TE MEREZCOVICENTE FERNANDEZ-Caytronics

7. ESTOY BIEN SEGURONACHO ORTIZ-ARV

8. EL LIBRO DE LOS DIOSESLOS POTROS-Peerless

9. A PESAR DE TODONELSON NED-WS Latino

10. POR SIEMPRE TE AMARELOS SATELITES-Discolando

FresnoBy KXEX (ANTONIO RABAGO)

1. LA RAMONAEDUARDO II

2. EL SOL NACE PARA TODOSRICARDO CERATTO

3. POR QUE LLORARENRIQUE GUZMAN

4. TRIANGULOLOS BABY'S

5. TAPAMECOSTA RICA

6. LA POBRECITAANGELICA MARIA

7. LA MUERTE DE UN GALLEROVICENTE FERNANDEZ

8. LLAMARADAMANOLO MUNOZ

9. MALA VIDASONIA Y MIRIAM

10. PARANGARICUTIRIMICUARORICARDO CERATTO

Does this guy have it together?The Only Way To FindOut Is By Listening ToHis Latest Album.

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MUY AMIGOS/CLOSE FRIENDSEYDIE GORME & DANNY RIVERA-Gala

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Quedara como clasica en su tiempo estagrabacion. La combinacion Eydie Gormey Danny Rivera es especial. Calidad delos temas insuperable! Arreglos y direc-cion de Don Costa. "Para Decir Adios"(R. Figueroa), "Cuando Llego a la Casa"(Ch. Zarilla), "Te Sigo Amando" (DonCosta -Memo de Anda), "Es to Amor"(Don Costa -Memo de Anda) y "B6scame"(A. Carrion).

This recording will establish itself as a classic. Eydie Gorme andDanny Rivera make a superb vocal combination. Arranged and con-ducted by Don Costa. "Uno de los Dos" (R. Figueroa), "Hay MuyPocos" (M. De Anda), "Recuerdos" (D. Costa -T. Carr).

LOS SOBRINOS DEL JUEZTHE JUDGE'S NEPHEWS-Audio Latino RCALS 5030

En el tope de popularidad en varios 'Dai-ses, Los Sobrinos del Juez interpretanaqui temas muy comerciales y bien lo-grados en Espanol. "Que te has Creido61" (0. Valdes -C. Oliva), "Eres" (L. de IaTorre -J. Oliva), "Ven que te Necesito" (J.Oliva) y "Toca Nicanor" (Belizario diFerraz-C. Oliva).

a The Judge's Nephews are at the top of popularity in Latin Amer-ica. Here they perform in Spanish a very commercial and energeticpackage. "Desahogo" (The Judge's Nephews), "Dando Vueltas" (B.Romero), "Ven" (Ch. Murciano-C. Oliva) and "Canta" (Nazareno-M. Duran -C. Oliva).

QUEDATE (STAY WITH ME)ALFONSO SAINZ-IBS LIES 101

Previamente lider del grupo espanol LosPekenikes, compositor, arreglista y can-tante, Alfonso Sainz es lanzado con granpromocion por IBS en Ingles y Espanol enesta producciOn realizada bajo la direc-cion artistica de George Groetzner. "I Gota Feeling" (A. Sainz-T. Battaglia), "Que-date" (A. Sainz), "Me Importas Tu" (A.Sainz) y "Sunshine Days" (A. Sainz-L.Kusik).

Previously a leader of the popular Spanish group Los Pekenikes,Alfonso Sainz, composer, arranger and singer, is released by IBS withheavy promotion. Superb arrangements and very commercial themesrendered in Spanish and English. "I Let Love Go By" (A Sainz-T.Battaglia), "No Se Si Ta Te Vas" (A. Sainz), "Cuando La Gente AlPasar" (A. Sainz), others.

DE TODAS MANERAS ROSASISMAEL RIVERA Y SUS CACHIMBOS-Tizo

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Con arreglos de Javier Vazquez y en pro-duccion de Ismael Rivera y Louie Rami-rez, Ismael logra aqui un muy popular ybailable repertorio que significara altas

yentas. Se destacan entre otras "De TodasManeras Rosas" (C. Alonso), "Mi SonSabroson" (J. Vazquez), "El Mesias"(Johnny Ortiz) y "Profesion Esperanza"(C. Alonso).

With arrangements by Javier Vazquez and produced by IsmaelRivera and Louie Ramirez, Ismael achieves a very danceable and com-mercial salsa repertoire that will mean big sales. "Mi M6sica" (C.Alonso), "El Mesias," "Hola" (D.R.), more.

Record World en Los AngelesBy EUNICE VALLE

El espectaculo de "Siempre enDomingo" efectuado en "La Are-na Deportiva" de Los Angeles,fue un completo fracaso! Variosfueron los factores que determi-naron lo acontecido al programaque dirige Raul Velasco. Entreotros, la fecha inapropiada, porcelebrarse en ese dia la PascuaFlorida, motivo por el cual mu-chas familias se re6nen en losparques de la ciudad, y la raquI-tica promocion (solamente concuatro dias de anticipacion) y loconfundido de ella... Sin em-bargo el baile en el "Centro deConvenciones" presentado porBenny Montoya, tuvo un granexito, ya que se dieron cita al-rededor de 9,000 personas, conla devolucion de mas de 2,000aficianodos al baile. Esto consti-tuye un record en los eventospresentados en lo que va de anoy produjo una entrada de 81,000dOlares... Por otro lado, Raullbarra tambien !ogre) estupendarecaudaci6n en el baile celebradoen el Hollywood Palladium, don -de se presentaron Nelson Ned,King Clave y los grupos Rigo To-var y su Costa Azul, el conjuntoYndio, Alpha, El Eko y ChaloCampos y su Orquesta. El ro-manticismo y Ia bellisima voz deNel son Ned fueron el marco aesa noche de exitos... Notamosque Rigo Tovar y su Costa Azulfue el grupo mas aceptado esanoche por la juventud bailadora,esperamos que ellos tengan unamejor promocion aqui en LosAngeles, ya que valen la pena...Entre los artistas mas ovaciona-dos durante el evento de "Siem-pre en Domingo," Lindomar Cas-tilho ()cup() un lugar traascen-dental entre la audiencia con sucanci6n exito "Camas Separa-das." que la se venia escuchan-do en todas las emisoras. Lindo-mar estuvo en Mexico grabandootro elepe en los estudios de la

RCA, bajo la direccion artisticade Eduardo Magallanes.

La compaiiia de discos Cay-tronics sigue con el afan de pro-mocionar a sus artistas, aunquesea con temas que ya se escu-charon en algunas emisoras, co-mo en el caso de Albert Ham-mond y su gran exito de 1976,"Echame A Mi La Culpa." SegtinJoe Ramirez esperan darle ungran impulso al Ingles. (Ojala yno olviden el tema "Ansiedad"que es el exito de actualidad enEspana)... Vicente Fernandez,Yolanda Del Rio, Leo Dan, DavidReynoso, Veronica y Amalia Men-doza, se presentaron en una Ca-ravana Artistica el 7 y 8 de Mayoen San Francisco... Vicente Fer-nandez lo hizo ademas ante elpublico angelino el 2 de Mayoen el Teatro Million Dollar...Por otro lado, durante el mes deJunio, Leo Dan y Lucia Mendezdebutaran en el mismo teatro.Mucha suerte!... Quien dice quela Salsa esta en decadencia enel area Angelina, posiblementesus antenas no funcionan bien,porque varios temas se escuchanen las emisoras locales (porejemplo, la Orquesta Broadwayha hecho un fuerte impacto enel mercado de Ia Salsa con suexito "Isla del Encanto" y laspresentaciones de las OrquestasSalseras siguen Ilevando gente alos lugares donde se presentan,tanto en Los Angeles como enSan Francisco. Entre los persona-jes que expresan ese tipo de mu-sica, se encuentra Eddie Palmieri,quien despues de dos anos deausencia hace su aparici6n en elHollywood Palladium, junto conMongo Santamaria, Pete & SheilaEscobedo y Jorge Santana. Pal-mieri es ganador de dos trofeos"Grammy" ("Sun of Latin Music"piece" 1976). Otra figura de laSalsa que se encuentra en LosAngeles es Larry Harlow.

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sus almacenes una cantidad similar o superior. Abiertas las faucesante las utilidades interesantes, le echo mano a lo de todo el mun-do... El triunfo de Celines de Puerto Rico con su interpretaciancomo Celi Bee en el mercado norteamericano del tema "Superman,"con arreglos del argentino Hector Garrido, ha sido impresionante.Esta ha sido una produccion realizada en Puerto Rico y distribuidaen Estados Unidos por TK Productions... La reaccion ante el Con-greso Promosonic que habra de celebrarse en el Eden Roc Hotel, deMiami Beach, del 10 al 14 de Agosto proximo, ha sido impresionante.La entrega de los "Trofeos Internacionales Record World 1977" habilde celebrarse en Ia "Gala Final" que saldra por satelite a Latinoame-rica y Espana... Y ahora... iHasta Ia proxima!

The big news this week in our industry, without a doubt, has beenthe designation of Louis Couttolenc as president of RCA Records,with home base in New York. Couttolenc, who has a past history asan executive with great administrative power and a true knowledgeof all the problems in the industry, will be very valuable to RCA. Forthe Latin industry, it is a significant step forward, since Louis, afterdirecting the future of RCA Mexico, knows the problems and virtues




The Coast (Continued from page 24)

term that hardly applies to the self-effacing southern gent), therejust ain't no justice. Attendees at the four -night engagement andpre -opening party at the Biltmore included Cher, Al Stewart, VanMorrison, Libby Titus, Paul Fishkin and Albert Grossman of Bears-ville Records, Bobby Neuwirth, Garth Hudson and Robbie Robertsonof the Band, film-maker Howard Alk, Bonnie Raitt and Glen Freyand Don Henley of the Eagles. Those folks certainly had the right idea.

SOUTHERN FRIED: Gregg Allman will be hosting "The MidnightSpecial" on June 24; the show will also include Elvin Bishop, JerryLee Lewis and Booker T and the MGs, a line-up that suggests someintriguing jamming possibilities . . . Allman and his former bandwill also be on a forthcoming Capricorn album called "The South'sGreatest Hits," a compilation featuring tunes by the Amazing RhythmAces, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Charlie Daniels, Dr. John, theMarshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Outlaws and Wet Willie.We don't know much about those stories that claim all these south-ern bands have trouble getting along with each other, but it's obviousthat their respective record companies have made friends! . . . Andsince we're talking about good combinations, we'll mention thatthe Doobie Brothers will be joined on the road this summer byCharlie, the excellent Janus band whose "No Second Chance" isone of the more interesting pieces of wax to hit the streets this year.

Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 68)of the Latin industry better than anyone. His vast experience in theEuropean markets will bring RCA to a new level of internationalprojection of their material. Couttolenc will maintain his position aspresident of RCA Mexico, even though his offices will be in NewYork. His complete mastering of the Spanish language and his capa-bility will open a beautiful future within the multinational world ofRCA. Our congratulations Louis and the best of luck to you in thisnew top executive position.

Alfonso Sainz, ex -member of the Spanish group Los Pekenikes, thatsome years ago had a smash hit with the theme "Hilo de Seda," hasjust been released with great promotional strength by the Luciferlabel, a division of International Broadcasting System, with home of-fices in Orlando, Florida. I received an invitation to attend the cock-tail party on the occassion of the release of his Ip, entitled "Que-date," that will take place in Winter Park Florida, and where I willunfortunately not be able to attend because I will be in New Yorkat the time. The IBS production of Alfonso Sainz deserves the best!...Fuentes Records of Colombia renewed its contract for distributionand pressing in the United States and Puerto Rico with Miami Rec-ords for an additional five years... After signing a new contract fora long period of time with Fania Records of New York, Willie Colonis presently recording a new Ip with Celia Cruz at the La TierraStudios in New York... The Spanish magazine "Show Press," officialmagazine for the Spanish booking agents, has just named LorenzoSantamaria as "Attraction of the Year," giving him a trophy as suchin the name of the group of agents of discotheques and night clubsin Spain, presided by Antonio Marcos Mataix. From his latest Ip en-titled "Tu Sonrisa," they have just released a single in Spain withthe theme "Te Dare Mi Vida," which looks very promising.

Alhambra Records was being severely damaged by the pirate enter-prise that was recently discovered in New York by the FBI. Six ofthe Julio Iglesias Ips were being illegally bootlegged. And, as usual,it confirms my theory that no one who is not related directly withthe industry could get involved into piracy of the product. It is alwaysmembers of the industry, fed and made rich by the industry itself.The distributor himself, who informed me over the phone from thescene at the time that the FBI was dstroying the illegal enterprise,forgot to mention that he was a client there, ordering duplicationsof his own product. He duplicated a certain amount for his clientsand kept a similar or greater amount in his warehouse. When inter-esting sums of money started to come in, he grabbed everybodyelse's productions... The smash hit of Celines from Puerto Rico,with her interpretation of the theme "Superman," as done by CeliBee in the American market, with her interpretation of the themewith arrangements by Argentinean Hector Garrido, has been veryimpressive. This has been a production made in Puerto Rico anddistributed in the States by TK Productions . . . Reaction to Promo -sonic '77 that will take place at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beachfrom the 10th to the 14th of August has been incredible. The "1977Record World International Latin Awards" will be given away duringthe "Final Gala Night" and transmitted via satellite to Latin Americaand Spain ... And now ... Until next week!

A 'Bullet' for Rosalie

Prior to the success of Bob Seger's gold "Live Bullet" album or his platinum "NightMoves" Ip, the Capitol recording artist wrote and recorded a song titled "Rosalie,"dedicated to CKLW's long-time music director, Rosalie Trombley. Recently, the Detroitprogrammer was honored by Seger and Capitol Records with a gold "Live Bullet"disc for her support of Seger over the years. Seen at the gold presentation are (fromleft): Punch Andrews, Bob Seger's manager; Craig Lambert, Capitol's Detroit promotionmanager; Trombley; and Alto Reed, member of Seger's Silver Bullet Band.

Singles Chart Analysis(Continued from page 6)sales also in the midwest; andRam Jam (Epic), with a hardrocker scoring well whereverplayed.

New with bullets this weekare James Taylor (Columbia),with a remake of "Handy Man"debuting as Chartmaker; ELO(UA/Jet), with the third releasefrom their "New World Record"album; the Isley Bros. (T -Neck);and ARS (Polydor), with thesecond from their gold album.

Chelsea/RoxburyNames Two New

Distributors LOS ANGELES - Chelsea/Rox-bury Records has made distribu-tor changes in Chicago and SanFrancisco, according to Wes Far-rell, president of the Company.

In Chicago, Farrell has movedhis labels to Joe Simone's NewProgress Record Distributing Co.In Elk Grove Village, and in SanFrancisco joined Sid Talmadge'sRecord Merchandising Co.

New York, N.Y. (Continued from page 16)

Reputation" is the title of the new album . . . Tony Sylvester will beproducing Max Romeo's new album beginning in August ... MichaelJackson has second billing to Diana Ross in the movie version of the"The Wiz" . . . rock critic Stephen Holden has sold his novel (don'task us the name of the publisher, because we don't know-how'sthat for complete reporting?) for a healthy advance.

MAIN EVENT: During Dorian Zero's set at Copperfield's two weeksago, a fan, carried away by the good vibes we presume, knocked overa table at which Lou Reed was sitting. Reed punched out the fan. Getdown, get down.

R.I.P.: It's Over, Part II.COME ON BY GOD, THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL: Okay screwheads,

this is coach Slash, here to tell you that since our last issue, theFlashmakers, truly America's number one softball team, have wonthree games in a row, upping their 1977 record to 4-2. A week agoThursday we soundly thrashed the Alexander's stock room crew 10-8,as Steven "Buck" Baker made his pitching debut and went the dis-tance in picking up the first win of his career. He was aided by atwo -run homer off the bat of Marc "The Barber" Kirkeby and, oddlyenough, by a thin, bearded, rather bizzarre fellow who came out ofthe stands at one point, posed as an innocent bystander, and calledan Alexander's baserunner out at third base, at once ending the inn-ing, an Alexander's rally and a heated dispute between both sidesthat threatened to turn into a wild, free swinging melee. We con-gratulate Michael Schanzer on his quick thinking: though still side-lined with injuries, he nevertheless found a way to help his team inits time of need. Then on Thursday last, "Buck" again rocked andfired, the Flashmakers' bats again boomed (another home run shotfor power hitter Bob Jaccino) and the result was a 6-3 win over Mil-lennium Records. And for good measure the team chalked up a forfeitwin over ASCAP on Thursday. (Note to ASCAP's Barry Knittel: juststoking the fire a little bit, boss.)



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Added to those costs arehardware expenditures whichrange in accordance with theuser's needs. Thus, manufac-turers who need only to verifythat their codes will be com-puter -readable will face an in-vestment of from $3000 to $8500for verifier units to maintainquality control. To obtain fullscanning capability, necessaryfor product tracking in ware-house situations common toboth major manufacturers and

distributors, laser scanners willrun from $4,000 to $8,000 a unit.A data base - the computerneeded to store information forlater retrieval and interpreta-tion - will complete the hard-ware package for the largestoperations, with the range incomputer costs varying with thenumber of available functions.

Retailers will face a somewhatsteeper hardware cost, as out-lined by Shelley Harrison, oneof the committee's chief consult-ants and chief executive officerof Symbol Technologies, Inc.Harrison noted that the cost ofa basic checkout location, in-cluding a computerized register,scanner and basic point -of -salehardware, ranges from $7500 to$15,000 per station in a typicalsix to eight station supermarketsetup. But, with many recordretail locations typically havingonly one or two checkoutstations, that figure emerges asconservative, since costs mustalso reflect the investment in a

mini -computer or other datalinkup. One retailer's query asto the feasibility of linkingdifferent stores to a centralcomputer in a prescribed regionwas viewed as a possible solu-tion, bringing costs back into

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Other expenditures in imple-menting the industry code willvary widely with the type ofoperation and its current catalog.RCA Records, which maintains avariety of catalog numbersranging from five to nine digits,is expected to revise its catalognumbering system, at leastpartially as a result of the com-ing product code; the processwill clearly require both timeand added expense.

'Conservative Momentum'

Throughout the meeting,Gortikov and NARM executivevice president Joe Cohencautioned both committee mem-bers and industry participantsto begin implementing the codewith a "conservative" approachthat would minimize added de-lays or logistical problems creat-ed by initial proposals. With eastcoast subcommittee head FredLangmeyer of CBS and west coastsubcommittee head Bill Robert-son of Capitol also serving as

key figures, the committee thuselected not to assign a configu-ration number to quad product,owing to diminishing marketacceptance for the format and aconcomitant interest in leavingopen as many future configura-tions as possible.

Similarly, the standards forbar coding on tape packageswere also shelved for the timebeing, due to initial problemscreated by the small size andvaried packaging styles thatcharacterize tapes. Gortikovnoted that two recent prototypetape packages, Capitol's "blister"pack (RW, June 11, 1977) andWarner Bros. over -sized tapebox, now being tested, may

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provide solutions; the commit-tee also reviewed the currenttrend toward locked tape stor-age and a conflict betweenretailers' coding needs-whichwould thus require printingcodes on the spine of cassetteand cartridge boxes-and thepackagers' space limitations.Thus, while some manufacturersmay bar code tape packages attheir own discretion, the adop-tion of a formal standard forlocation-like the agreed use ofthe upper right hand quadrant ofthe back cover on album sleeves-was shelved pending newdevelopments in tape packaging.

Support for the industry codewas clearly enthusiastic amongall sectors of the industry repre-sented, which expedited thereaching of a consensus to goahead with the UPC proposal.While both manufacturers andretailers agreed that full opera-tion of the system may takeyears, the prospect of accurateand more rapid product tracking,reduced shrinkage, automatedreordering and returns cycling,and extended market reseach-all touted as probable benefits ofthe system-was a prime mover.

Gortikov is currently preparinga summary of the committee'sactivities to date and the Tues-day meeting's conclusions fordistribution to the RIAA mem-bership and, through NARM,that organization's membership.Gortikov's statement will outlinepreliminary steps for securingmanufacturers' numbers throughDistribution Codes, Inc., but theRIAA executive urged any manu-facturers interested in early ap-plications to contact them inadvance of the expected June 28passage of the code.

Gortikov also reported that hewould approach DistributionCodes, Inc., for assistance in pre-parling a manual for the code.

Tim Moore, Elektra/Asylum recording artist, resently completed a one -hour specialin conjunction with Boston's WBCN. Seen here with Tim (seated) are, (from left):Tommy Hodges, WBCN air staff; Bob Shannon, WBCN program director; Kurt Ner-linger, E/A promotion; and John Brody, WBCN air staff.



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CLASSIC OF THE WEEK

THEGREAT

PAVAROTTI

THE GREAT PAVAROTTILondon

BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK

LEONI: L'ORACOLO-Sutherland,Gobbi, Bonynge-London

THE GREAT PAVAROTTI-London

GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS-Albert, Dale, DeMain-RCA

OFFENBACH: LA GRANDE-DUCHESSEDE GEROLSTEIN-Crespin, Vanzo,Plasson-Columbia

RAVEL: BOLERO-Solti-LondonWAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE

HOLLAENDER-Martin, Bailey, Solti-London

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KORVETTES/U.S.GIORDANO: ANDREA CHENIER-Scotto,

Domingo, Milnes, Levine-RCALEONI: L'ORACOLO-Sutherland, Gobbi,

Bonynge-LondonMONTEMEZZI: L'AMORE DEI TRE RE-

Moffo, Domingo, Siepi, Santi-RCAOFFENBACH: LA GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE

GEROLSTEIN-Crespin, Vanzo, Plasson-Columbia

OFFENBACH: LA VIE PARISIENNE-Crespin-Angel

THE GREAT PAVAROTTI-LondonPUCCINI: TOSCA-Crespin, Carreras,

Davis-PhilipsRACHMANINOFF: FRANCESCA DA

RIMINI-Atlantov-ColumbiaSCHUMANN: PIANO SONATAS-Berman

-ColumbiaWAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLAENDER

-Martin, Bailey, Solti-London

SAM GOODY/EAST COASTJANET BAKER SINGS BACH ARIAS-

AngelGERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS-Albert,

Dale, DeMain-RCALEONI: t'ORACOLO-Sutherland, Gobbi,

Bonynge-LondonNICOLAI: THE MERRY WIVES OF

WINDSOR-Schreier-DGOFFENBACH: LA GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE

GEROLSTEIN-Crespin, Vanzo, Plasson-Columbia

OFFENBACH: LE VIE PARISIENNE-Crespin-Angel

THE GREAT PAVAROTTI-London

RACHMANINOFF: FRANCESCA DARIMINI-Atlantov-Columbia

WAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLAENDER-Martin, Bailey, Solti-London

WAGNER: WESENDONCK LIEBER-Angel

RECORD BAR/DURHAM, N.C.BACH: ENGLISH SUITES-Gould-

Columbia

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5-Solti-London

BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES-Solti-London

BRAHMS, CHOPIN, HANDEL: PIANOWORKS-Mayorga-Sheffield

ARTHUR FIEDLER PLAYS A POPS BOX-RCA

GO FOR BAROQUE-Paillard-RCALUCIANO PAVAROTTI SINGS BEST LOVED

TENOR ARIAS-LondonTHE GREAT PAVAROTTI-LondonRAVEL: BOLERO-Solti-LondonSTRAVINSKI: RITE OF SPRING-Solti-

London

ROSE DISCOUNT/CHICAGOGERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS-Albert,

Dale, DeMain-RCASPANISH HARPSICHORD: BATTLE

IMPERIAL-Woods-LondonMUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN

EXHIBITION-Giulini-DGTHE GREAT PAVAROTTI-London

PUCCINI: LA BOHEME-De Los Angeles,Bjoerling, Beecham-Seraphim

RAVEL: BOLERO-Solti-LondonAN EVENING WITH HENRY RUSSELL-

Bolcom-NonesuchSIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 2-Davis-

PhilipsSTRAUSS: DER ROSENKAVALIER-Lear,

Welting, Von Stade, De Waart-PhilipsWAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLAENDER

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A Variety for SummerBy SPEIGHT JENKINS

III NEW YORK - Last winter thepublicity office of DeutscheGrammophon in New York issueda lot of information on the youngPolish pianist, Krystian Zimerman,who won the Chopin Competi-tion in Warsaw in 1975, indicat-ing that the pianist's forthcomingChopin record would be a win-ner. The results have provedquite remarkable. The 20 -year -old pianist is presented in musicrecorded at the competition, andhe shows in addition to a pre-dictably notable technique somefine interpretive charactertistics.He successfully differentiates thenuances of a Mazurka from a Pre-lude, a Scherzo or a Waltz.

In the first selection on the al-bum Zimerman plays the AndanteSpianato and Grande Polonaisewith an amazingly deft touch:the first has a lovely rolling soundthat makes the piano sing; thesecond is flamboyant and thrillingyet consistently sensitive. Zimer-man has a fine tone everywhere;he is never percussive, and seemsat his best when he moves lightly

with strength through the quickpassages. If he is in less thancomplete interpretive commandof some of the works, such as theA -flat maior Prelude or the A -flatmajor Waltz, the whole is a re-markable first record and seemsto combine poetry and innerstrength to a degree rarely foundbut quite necessary for fine Cho-pin. This is a debut record thatshould be snapped up by pianoenthusiasts.

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By ROBERT CHARLES-DUNNE TORONTO-CAPITAL INVESTMENT DEPT.: Capitol Records inCanada is unveiling its new pressing facilities later this month, agala event which should attract EMI and Capitol dignitaries fromaround the world. On hand will be the Premier of Ontario as wellas 350 other selected media guests. The pressing plant will feature24 presses with a total capacity of 10,000,000 pieces of vinyl peryear, a healthy output in anyone's book.

Metrodisc, the newly revamped Quality distribution chain, hasannounced its first signing, a new label called Rox Records. The firstproject for the label will be the soundtrack for a film called "You'llNever Miss It," which will be issued after the first single from thealbum, "Strawberry Wine," (written by Barry Manilow), has been re-leased. President Randall Torao is particularly interested in joint film/music ventures and further signings are expected shortly.

Many kudos must be extended to Supertramp's Roger Hodgson.A&M recently awarded the band with platinum for "Even In TheQuietest Moments" in Canada, and Hodgson, long a supporter(financially and spiritually) of the Greenpeace organization, raffledhis platinum album off in Toronto with the proceeds going to theGreenpeace people who are actively involved in stopping the an-nual whale and seal hunts. A&M flew several members of the Britishpress in for the quintet's two sellouts in Toronto (28,000 seats) tohelp stimulate press in Britain where the band has not appearedfor almost two years. They will return to the Isles this August, so thepress junket was planned well. Andre Gagnon, now in the studioworking on a new album, will tape "The Andre Gagnon Superspecial"for CBC in August with special guest Suzanne Stevens. Capitol ishosting "The Alan Parsons Listening Project" at Thunder Sound to


GERMANYBy JIM SAMPSON

MUNICH-The German music industry can provide an interna-tional contest winner: Peggy March grabbed first place at the MusicalMallorca song contest with a Les Reed tune, "You and I." Peggy,competing for Germany, proved she can knock out a discriminat-ing, international audience. So did the official American entrant, fel-low expatriate Etta Cameron, who placed fourth with "You GottaMove," a crowd -pleasing number produced and composed byMunich's Ralph Siegel. Returnees from Mallorca have nothing butpraise for the event and for Armando Moreno's organization, oneadding that Musical Mallorca has become the most enjoyable musicalevent of the year.

A turbulent conference that could affect the earnings of all Ger-man publishers and authors is under way in Berlin. It's GEMA'sannual meeting, at which two groups in the performance rightssociety (composers and lyricists) try to oust the third contingent (pub-lishers), or at least significantly reduce the publisher's share of royal-ties. One specific proposal would drop the publisher share ofmechanicals from half to as little as less than five percent. MajorGEMA changes must be approved by the German Patent Office, butthis week's meeting will be a milestone in the organization's history.

EMI in Cologne recently decided to restructure its internationalpromotion department, letting former international PR chief HolgerMueller concentrate on EMI artists while Jochen Kraus handled thirdparty labels and Heinz Henn worked for Capitol talent. But Muellergot a better offer from WEA, where he's now a&r chief. Meanwhile,Heinz Henn is in L.A. for talks with the Capitol team.

Roba Music's Rolf Baierle has picked up rights to Graham Parkerand the Rumour through an Ellisclan catalogue deal . . . BuddahRecords switches from Metronome to Teldec . . . We hear that thesearch is over for a new member of Silver Convention; when thegroup heads for New York soon, Penny McLean might stay behind(her solo act here is as strong as the group's) . . . EMI is prepar-ing a major marketing push for the new Barry Manilow live set.

David Bowie, sometime resident of Berlin, will spend the after -(Continued on page 73)

INTERNATIONALENGLAND

By RON McCREIGHT LONDON-The Rainbow Theatre plans to present a series of rockfilms during July which will feature sequences never screened herebefore, by artists which include Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young, Elvis, Eric Clapton, The Stones, Jimi Hendrik etc. Forthcom-ing live shows at the venue are by Heavy Metal Kids (June 12) andTom Petty & The Heartbreakers (June 19). Meanwhile, dates are beingset for many top international acts for various summer festivals:The annual Reading Festival on August 27th will headline Arrowsmithwhile confirmation is awaited for proposed appearances by GrahamParker & Rumour, Thin Lizzy and Alex Harvey. The other majoropen-air event at Knebworth, also in August, is rumored to be nego-tiating with Wings for the top spot. Even more ambitious is a pro-posed series of concerts on a new marquee site alongside TowerBridge, where 50 shows will be staged between July and Octoberwith Jethro Tull, Procol Harum and Jon Lord first in line to appear.

Genesis will headline three Earls Court concerts on June 23-25as part of their world tour, and Ray Davies takes his "preservation"musical to the West End stage later in the year, without the restof The Kinks.

Dispelling any doubts of the New Wave's validity in terms of rec-ord sales, current chart positions show The Sex Pistols (Virgin) atNo. 11, The Stranglers (UA) at 27, The Jam (Polydor) at 40, and sus-tained Ip sales see The Stranglers, The Clash and The Jam maintain-ing high album chart status. However, trouble still brews since severalcommercial stations and music journals have refused to run SexPistols' ads and The Vibrators have been banned from the NewVictoria Theatre where they were to appear with Ian Hunter on the12th-thus the date has been switched to the H. Odeon.

Bronze Records has completed a series of new licensing dealswith EMI handling the product in the U.K., Ariola Eurodisc in Ger-many and Benelux, Sonet in Scandinavia and Ricordi in Italy. State-ment awaited from Mountain Records regarding a future licensing/


ITALYBy ALDO PAGAN!

The Eleven Music Company has released a volume of Beethoven'spiano sonatas 30, 31 and 32 by Alberto Colombo. The album was re-leased to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's birth ...Although there is talk in Italy about a crisis in record sales, "Furia"by Mal has sold more than a million copies. "Furia" is the theme of atelevision series for youngsters . . . The new Fonit Cetra series dedi-cated to classical music has released "Nabucco," "La Forza del Des-tino," "Lucia de Lammermoor," "Don Sebastiano," "Ernani," "Cosi'-Fan Tutte," "Falstaff" and "Iris-Cavalleria Rusticana." The new record-ings are characterized by their importance as historical documents.

An exhibition entitled "Aristoniani" and devoted to audio deviceswas held at the Press Room in Milan this spring. The audio devicesshown can be of great help in the promotion of cultural subjects.The materials are now being presented on Italian, history, philosophyand history of the arts as well as some other projects. The series wasdeveloped on the theory that the pace of life today makes it verydifficult for anyone to sit and read long text and books. The "Aris-toniani" collection teaches the subjects in plain and simple languagethat anyone can understand. The texts are divided onto 113 cassettes.

The RCA low cost Linea Tre line has released its first series ofclassical music. The recordings are stereophonic renditions of thesymphonic repertoire. Each record comes with illustrative notes . . .

Premiatta Marconi (PFM) has started a new label, ZOO, distributed byPFM via RCA. The new general manager of the label is Franco Ma-mone and "Jet Lag," recorded in London and Los Angeles, will be thefirst release. The record is a debut by violinist Gregory Bloc.

The French -Italian singer Cerrone, known worldwide for his "Lovein C Minor," was in Italy last month for television appearances . . .

American folksinger Pete Seeger was in Italy at the beginning of Aprilfor a tour of the country and participation in the "Victor Jai -a" folkfestival in Torino . . . Until next time!



England (Continued from page 72)distribution deal. Riva has signed five -piece band Window to a longterm recording and publishing contract; RCA has captured the muchsought after Sad Cafe, which debuts immediately with a single-"Black Rose;" EMI Music gains representation of David Gates' Kipa-hula Music as well as a sub -publishing deal with two Private Stockacts, Blondie and Dirty Angels.

Keith Lewis joins Chrysalis as director of marketing, sales and pro-duction after seven years with A&M, and his namesake, Martin Lewis(no relation) exits Transatlantic to concentrate on independent pro-duction projects, including "Puddle Dock Follies," the album fromthis years Amnesty Gala starring John Cleese and Connie Booth, PeterUstinov, Julie Covington, Peter Cook, and John Williams. Clive Sel-wood, Pye's marketing chief,, resigns also to take up independentstatus; Angela Mortimer has been appointed head of public relationsat Ember; and Ken Griggs switches from RCA to the Gaff Group ofCompanies as general controller.

Variety for Summer (Continued from page 71)symphonies reflect the clarity,structure and power of his inter-pretation. This is not a loose orlight -toned Mozart at all; it isserious, elegant and containsmuch of the warmth and human-ity of the composer in all hisgreat works. The Concert-gebugouw is wonderful to hearin this music-rich, resonant andyet not overly romantic or over-blown.

'Porgy & Bess'Finally, this month a much -de-

layed recording has appearedfrom RCA: the Sherwin Gold-man/Houston Grand Opera pro-duction of George Gershwin'sPorgy and Bess that captivatedNew York audiences last fall andonly last week won a "Tony"Award as the best Broadway re-vival of last season. The recordingis an "original cast" album, inthat it uses the principals of theparticular slightly cut version thatBroadway heard. It therefore isunlike the complete Porgy onLondon Records or the many ab-breviated versions previously is-sued, the best of which can befound on Columbia and RCA.

The new Porgy has ClammaDale as Bess (a role in which MissDale vaulted to superstardom inNew York overnight), Donny RayAlbert as Porgy, Wilma Shake -snider as Serena, Larry Marshallas Sportin' Life and Andrew Smithas Crown. As he did in New York,John DeMain conducts. The over-all effect of the recording is thatRCA has faithfully reproduced thesense of the Broadway produc-tion. The record is full of tension,dramatic flavor and the perfectcombination of operatic playingand Broadway mood that the mu-sic needs. In this sense, at leastto this listener, the sound of theorchestra is more suitable toPorgy than in most other record-ing of the opera.

VocalsOn the vocal side one is con-

stantly confronted with the goodof having performers familiarwith their roles and each other

but of variable vocal quality. Al-bert is much, much stronger onthe recording than he was eitheron opening night in Philadelphia(last July) or New York (last Sep-tember). He dominates the rec-ord as a Porgy should, singing awonderful Buzzard Song and aparticularly compelling final mon-ologue. Alberts' voice has muchmore weight and amplitude thanhe had in the theater. His is ob-viously a sound that amplification(necessary in the Uris Theater) didnot help. Miss Dale is always im-pressive, but her voice is not asclear in this recording as she waswhen she began the role. Shesings with passion and authority,however, and her contribution isa major one.

Miss Shakesnider sings verywell with a few strained highnotes, and she is always with thepart, intensely. The exhortationscene is fine; her big aria is gen-erally delivered precisely as it wason Broadway. Both Marshall andSmith sound better on the re-cording that they did in the thea-ter (why should this be so?).Marshall is not surprising, becausehe steadily grew in the role ofSportin' Life. On opening nightin Philadelphia he was much toobland; after a few months he hadbecome more and more evil, andhis wickedness comes over onthe record. Smith's Crown wasterrifying onstage; on the record-ing he sings the devil out of therole. And it is good to report thatthe remarkable Carol Brice is asfine in the character part of Ma-ria in this record as she was on-stage. Her denunciation of Sport -in' Life always drew applause onBroadway and it should from therecord public as well. She singswith power and enough convic-tion to launch a battleship.

It is a very intense, well -maderecording, a faithful representa-tion of one of the truly greatBroadway experiences any of uscan remember. Porgy should findits way into many collectors'shelves. It is a great document.

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The first RCA Records International Conference for the Asia and Pacific regions washeld recently at the Plaza Hotel in Manila, the Philippines. The purpose of the three-day meetings was to discuss and strengthen the ways and means of further promotingRCA International artists as well as local recording personalities in the area of thePhilippines. Countries participating were Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Japan,Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines and U.S.A.After an opening address by Robert Summer, division vice president, RCA RecordsInternational, there were product presentations from Australia, New Zealand, Korea,Japan, Philippines, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain aswell as a special showing of T.K. Records and RCA product from America. Shownhere at a "Philippines Night" held at the Manila Hilton are, from left: (first row)Tony Ocampo, senior vice president, Vicor Music Corporation, Philippines; Mrs. TokugenYamamoto; Vic DelRosario, executive vice president, Vicor Music Corporation, Philip-pines; Hisako Asakura, administrative assistant, Tokyo regional office, RCA Records,Japan; Kenneth L. Cole, president, Cosdel (Far East) Ltd., Hong Kong; T. K. Whang,managing director, Cosdel (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong; Suthikiati Chirathivat, salesmanager, Central Trading Co., Ltd., Thailand; (second row) Shozo Negate, assistantdirector, Japanese a&r, RVC Corporation, Japan; Yao Hwong, general manager,Taiwan Pony Music Enterprises Co. Ltd., Taiwan; S. P. Sim, managing director, Cosdel(Singapore) Private Ltd., Singapore; Ichiro Okuno, president, RVC Corporation, Japan;Robert D. Summer, division vice president, RCA Records International; Orly !laced,president, Vicor Music Corporation, Philippines; Morrie Smith, general manager,marketing, RCA Limited, Australia; Jeong Soo Lim, president, Jigu Record Corporation,Korea; Ashok M. Narsey, director, Kumar Industries Ltd., Fiji Islands; TokugenYamamoto, director, regional market development, Asia and Pacific.

Germany (Continued from page 72)noon of July 1 at a garden party in Bonn as guest of German chan-cellor Helmut Schmidt; RCA refuses to speculate about what Bowiewill wear . . . Global Music's Peter Kirsten reports his duo Hoffmann& Hoffmann is on top of several regional charts with their "Him-beereis zum Fruehstueck" (Raspberry Ice Cream For Breakfast), acover of the Bellamy Brothers' "Crossfire" . . . Baccara's "Yes Sir,I Can Boogie" headed toward gold after several TV appearances,looms as RCA Germany's first worldwide singles hit.

Canada (Continued from page 72)

help promote the producer's new album "I Robot" on Arista. Thelocal press will hear the album in the studio with Parsons present tofield questions.

BITS'N'PIECES: Anne Murray has just returned from a highly suc-cessful Japanese tour, her first real foray into live appearances sincegiving birth to her first child. Among those currently in town re-cording: Rod Stewart, Thin Lizzy with Tony Visconti producing, andcoming soon for track -laying purposes are Pat Travers (ex -RonnieHawkins guitarist hailed as the new guitar hero in Britain) and BlackOak, who will be mixing a live album. Dan Chevrette has resignedas music director at CILQ-FM (Q107) after the station's first twoweeks on the air, to be replaced by former CHUM staffer Bill An-derson, now at CKDA. Attic has leased Patsy Gallant to EMI inBritain and the incredible Stanley Frank single, "S'Cool Days," hasbeen leased to Power Exchange in Britain. The record was servicedin Canada several times without any response and apparently Frankhad given up hope. Now that the single has also been released inGermany, Holland, France and Australia, Frank is in the studio work-ing on an album. Columbia a&r chief Bob Gallo has recently put thefinishing touches to new albums by Jackson Hawke and Fosterchild,both expected out within the next two weeks. Toronto's only grassroots reggae band, The Ishan People, have split shortly after com-leting their second album. 'Morning Music, active in the countrypublishing field in Canada, has acquired the rights to "Lucille," theKenny Rogers hit, in this country. Styx, now in the midst of a westerntour, to be followed shortly by a Blue Oyster Cult/Todd Rundgrenpackage and Kiss later in the summer.



CONCERT REVIEW Harvey Is 'On'Nektar, Flame Dynamic At Palladium NEW YORK - Stereotypically,many Americans view Germansociety and culture as unemo-tional and authoritarian. AndGerman rock bands such as

Amon Duul have reinforced thatimage over a number of yearswith lyrics which are obscured bytheir foreign tongue and drivingmusic which sounds mechanical,aimless and repetitive to theAmerican ear. But Nektar (a Ger-many -based group) still draws ap-preciable crowds and releases al-bums which are, to some extent,"eagerly awaited."

Last week they came to thePalladium, and without the ad-vantage of a new disc, drew anear sell-out crowd of devotedNew York fans. These fans werethere because Nektar avoids thetraps into which other bandshave fallen. While heavy, some-times excessively so, their musicretains a melodic quality and theEnglish lyrics communicate hu-manistic concerns.

From the show's start it wasobvious that Nektar was about toprovide somewhat more than theaverage rock band. The lightshow for which Nektar firstgained a reputation bathed thebackdrop with color while smokefilled the stage-an appropriatesetting for their spacey rock. Thelight show conveyed whatevermessages were lost in the lyrics

White Sets Tour LOS ANGELES - 20th Centuryrecording artist Barry White hasannounced a series of SouthAmerican and U. S. dates set aspart of the second phase of hisinternational tour for '77. Thetour will kick off in Mexico CityJune 30 at the Hotel Del Prado.

White will be accompanied byLove Unlimited and the Love Un-limited Orchestra throughout theentire tour.

Laurie Signs Angel

Jimmy Angel was recently signed toLaurie Record it was announced. His firstalbum for the label "Wake Up America"is scheduled to be released shortly.Shown above at the signing are (fromleft) Bob Schwartz, Eliot Greenburg, Angeland Gene Schwartz.

as the vocals were often unclear.Nektar thematically concerns it-self with the effects of the pass-age of time, evolution, nature'sdecay, and the human struggle todeal with an ever -decaying en-vironment. Supplying a constantbarrage of intergalactic land-scapes and images at times rem-iniscent of a cross between old"Time Tunnel" effects and Satur-day morning cartoons, the lightshow cleverly illustrated the hu-man dilemma, but seriouslylapsed in taste when a picture ofJimi Hendrix decayed into a skull.

Despite personnel changes, thefour -man band, newly signed toPolydor, offered a well -executedsampling of material from theirAmerican releases. Of particularnote were the revamped "Re-member the Future" and the "Re-cycled" sequence from the "Recycled" Ip.

Flame (RCA), the openingband, hails from Brooklyn andhas a powerful female lead vo-calist. They played some tightrock and roll which really cameto life when joined by BruceSpringsteen cohorts, the Miamihorns and saxophonist ClarenceClemons.

Alan S. Wolmark

Wonderland Issuing'Howdy Doody' LP NEW YORK - A. A./Wonder-land marketing vice president BobCoemann and Take Two Recordspresident Bill Adams have con-cluded a long term agreementunder which Wonderland hasacquired exclusive rights to dis-tribute Take Two product in NorthAmerica.

The first album under theagreement, "The Story of HowdyDoody" is being released im-mediately. The album stars Buf-falo Bob Smith and the original"Howdy Doody" cast with a newsound.

Buddah recording artist Alexander Harvey is recording his "Love Goes On" albumin New York's Bell Sound Studios. Pictured from left are Jack Kreisberg, Buddah'snational FM promotion director; Tom Cossie, vice president of promotion; LewisMerenstein, vice president of car and co -producer of the album; Harvey; and RonFrangiappani, arranger and co -producer of the album.

Payne/Levin BandSigns with MercuryII CHICAGO-The John Payne/Louis Levin Band has signed arecording contract with Phono-gram, Inc. / Mercury Records.Their first album, "The JohnPayne/Louis Levin Band," is beingreleased this month.

Nine from Phonogram NEW YORK-Phonogram, Inc./Mercury Records will release ninenew albums in June, according toJules Abramson, senior vice pres-ident/marketing for the label. In-cluded in the release are "TheFantastic Chi-Lites" by the Chi-Lites, Gabor Szabo's "Faces,""Clover" by Clover, The Demon's"The Demons," Chico Hamilton's"Catwalk" and Stewart Harris'"Sing Me A Rainbow." Alsoscheduled for release are "TheJohn Payne/Louis Levin Band" bythe John Payne/Louis Levin Band,Red White & Blue (grass) & Co.'s"Red White & Blue (Grass) & Co."and Jacky Ward's "Jacky Ward."

Schneider Visits Stark Meet

At Stark Records' recent 20th Anniversary Convention, Windsong recording artistHelen Schneider, who happened to be playing nearby, dropped in to congratulateStark on their success. Seen here at the Manufacturer's Night are (from left) JimBonk, Stark operations manager; Gerry Gladieux, Stark advertising manager; RogerZadd of RCA sales, Cleveland; Dom Violini, RCA's Cleveland branch sales manager;Bill Mack, RCA's regional album specialist; Helen Schneider; Joe Bressi, Stark buyer;and Hank Zarembski, RCA's Cleveland promotion manager.

CONCERT REVIEW

Billy Joel Rocks

Carnegie HallII NEW YORK - Billy Joel (Co-lumbia) is truly "the entertainer"and his performance at CarnegieHall Thursday night (2) provedthat no matter how many timesyou see him, you always enjoyhim.

The sell-out crowd was excitedlong before the band appearedon stage but once they were onand the music was flowing it washard for the crowd to restrainitself.

Billy Joel's renditions of hisbiggest hits, including "CaptainJack," "The Entertainer," "PianoMan" and "Root Beer Rag," jux-taposed with new songs such as"Scenes from an Italian Restau-rant," "I Love Tuesdays" and"She's Got a Way," kept the aud-ience involved right up until thefinal encore.

Joel's band performed as a

well-oiled machine with no onemember stealing the show. RichieCannata (organ, sax, flute), Li-berty De Vitto (drums), HowieEmerson (guitar) and Doug Steg-meyer (bass) are all excellent mu-sicians who quite deservinglyshared center stage with the"piano man." Also, the orchestrabacking the band was innovativeas well as entertaining, provinginvaluable during "New YorkState of Mind" with the stringsadding to the song's sweetness.

The subtle lighting employedalso served to reinforce the my-riad moods created by Joel'sstyling. The careful transitionsfrom bright spots to mellow redsand blues added still another di-mension to the evening's artistryand four standing ovation filledencores stood as eloquent testi-mony of the ability of Billy Joelto weave magic through his tap-estry of songs. Carl Skiba



The History of Performing Rights in FranceThe following is the first in a

series of articles, to appear fromtime to time, on the various per-forming rights societies aroundthe world. The history of PerformanceRights in France goes back over125 years. Ernest Bourget andVictor Parizot, two author -com-posers, were upset by the fact thattheir music was being played incoffee houses and restaurantswithout their consent or possibil-ity of getting any returns. Theydecided to do something aboutit. In July, 1847 Bourget and Pari-zot attended a performance at theCafe -Concert des Ambassadeurs.check, they flatly refused to payit, arguing that the managementwas making profit with their mu-sic and it was themselves whoought to get paid. A lawsuit en-sued, which was won by Borget,vindicating the author -composerto grant the performing rights tohis works. Bourget then embarkedupon a one-man crusade, nego-tiating the rights to perform hismusic and suing the establish-ments who featured it withouthis consent. Winning lawsuitsand granting performing rightsbrought in a steady income, butit was also a lot of bothersomework. So he finally persuaded sev-eral noted composers, authors andpublishers to join up in a societywhose purpose was to collect thefees from peforming rights. Whatis now known as SACEM (Societedes Auteurs Compositeurs etEditeurs de Musique) was foundedin Paris on March 18, 1950.

The growth of SACEM has beenspectacular. Its membership (cre-ators) rose from 2000 (1870), to10,000 (1920) to 28,000 (1970) andthe offices are located since lastyear in an impressive new build-ing on the banks of the Seine. Theaddress is 225 ay. Charles deGaulle, 92521 Neuilly-sur-SeineCEDEX; tel. 747-5650. The build-ing is shared with SDRM (Societepour ('administration du Droitde Reproduction Mecanique).SACEM of course has become farmore than an agency for collect-ing and distributing performingfees. It acts as an intermediary be-tween some 40,000 authors -com-posers -publishers and over 450,-000 users of music (organizers ofconcerts, dances, night clubs, jukeboxes, movie -houses, radio, tele-vision . . . anybody displayingmusic in public). SACEM not onlyoffers advice and help to artistsas well as organizers, it also helpspromoting music in all walks oflife.

The building consists of a cir-cular tower of six levels, hous-ing the offices of the boards of di-rectors and administrators, thedelegates to external and cultural

affairs, social affairs, etc. A sec-ond element is constituted by a300 -seat auditorium on an adja-cent terrace. Finally, the threelower levels group the offices de-voted to the functioning of thesocieties (information, account-ing, promotion, contracts, man-agement of documentation andallocation, etc.).

The repertory of SACEM con-sists of some 3,000,000 works,with about 40,000 new entrieseach year (30,000 song, 1000 sym-phonic or electro-acoustic works,8000 works of light music and600 film scores). The repertorycovers essentially every kind dfmusic-with or without lyrics-subject to copyright. The copy-right lasts 50 years after the deathof the author, after which, thework falls into public domain.For over 120 years, French as

well as foreign composers haveentrusted SACEM with the gesta-tion of their works. Wagner,Rossini, Milhaud, Becaud, Bras-sens, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff,Irving Berlin and Xenakis are justa few of the present or past mem-bers of SACEM. By means of rec-iprocity agreements with some 40foreign author/composer socie-ties, SACEM's repertory covers thenear totality of worldwide musicproduction. For instance, when asong of Jacques Brel, member ofthe Belgian SABAM, is played inFrance, SACEM collects the rightsfor SABAM and forwards them. Inturn, when Georges Brassens is

being played in Belgium, SABAMcollects the rights and sends themto SACEM.

The rates of the performingrights are calculated according tothe essential or accessory natureof the music display. When themusic is essential (concerts, danc-es, discotheques, records, etc.)the rate varies with the impor-tance of the musical contribution.For instance, on records (mechan-ical rights), the rate is eight per-cent of the retail price (tax ex-cluded). For dances, concerts, etc.with entrance fees, the rate (pub-lic performance rights) is 8.8 per-cent gross box office and 4.4 per-cent of annex profits (refresh-ments, etc.). For events free dfadmission charges, the rate is 6.6percent of the total receipt. Forcircuses: 3.3 percent of receipt;for movie theatres: 2.2 percent ofreceipt. The national societies ofradio and television pay 4.5 per-cent of their (tax deducted) net in-come from radio and TV fees and4.16 percent of their income frompublicity. When the music dis-play is not essential (as for jukeboxes in a cafeteria, backgroundmusic in a supermarket, etc.)SACEM establishes the rates ac-cording to different criteria, such

as surface, the number of em-ployees, neighborhood situation,etc., striking a fair balance be-tween the needs of consumersand authors alike.

The computation of the royal-ties due to the members takesbetween six and 12 months. Everyfour months the members receivea detailed statement (for each titleand for each country), along witha check covering the total of theroyalties for the period.

The royalties are equally di-vided between composer, lyricistand publisher (1/3 each) for pub-lic performance rights. For me-chanical rights, the agreement ismade between publisher and cre-ator(s); the publisher taking usu-ally 5 percent. Since it has nowbecome commonplace that peo-ple of different nationalities andmembers of their respective so-cieties are co-authors of a samework, the part of the royalties dueeach member is being calculatedby computer, and directed to itsrecipient. SACEM has signed bilat-eral agreements with author -com-poser societies in some 40 coun-

Rich Fitzgerald(Continued from page 4)promotion director for RSO/Island, will now oversee allfacets of the RSO/Island promo-tion organization. His duties,according to Coury, will alsoinclude total management andcontrol of the enlarged national,as well as expanded field pro-motion staff.

A seven-year veteran of themusic industry, Fitzgerald pre-viously served as RSO's nationalpromotion director. Before that,he was northwest promotionmanager, based out of Seattle,for both Capitol and AtlanticRecords. He earlier served as

program director for formerSeattle progressive station KOL-FM.

The RSO/Island promotionconcept was formulated andinstituted in mid -April, consoli-dating a field force of morethan 24 promotion specialists towork single and album releasesfrom both labels.

Additional announcements re-garding staffing of the RSO/Island Promotion company willbe forthcoming.

From left: Charley Nuccio, Rich Fitzgerald,Al Coury.

tries, whereby mechanical/per-forming rights are collected anddistributed to the members.Monies collected for unidentifiedauthors -composers is set aside,pending identification of the re-cipient.

While SACEM is actively pro-moting music in all its forms, ithas never been its policy to fur-ther indigenous at the expense offoreign talent. In particular thereare no regulations as to theamount or kind of music to beplayed on the air.

There are three degrees inmembership to SACEM. They arecalled Adherents, Stagiaires Pro-fessionnels and Societaires Defini-tifs. To become a member, onehas to file a demand for admission,including the manuscript of thesheet music (with or without ly-rics), a phonograph record of theworks. For foreigners, a photo-copy of the identity page of thepassport and the authorizationfrom the local composer's societyis also required. The entrance fee,decided on each year by thecouncil of administration, is pres-ently 180 francs. For music pub-lishers, they must show publish-ing contracts for 10 or more orig-inal works from the society'srepertory and prove that publicexploitation has been legally ds-tablished. Entrance fee for pub-lishers is presently 876 francs. De-tailed forms and exact proceduresare available from SACEM.

On the average of the past fewyears, 23 percent of the moniescollected by SACEM have beenused to run the society. The ac-counting is done for each cate-gory. Thus for example from 100fr. collected from radio and TV,7.50 percent is set aside for socialand cultural action. 0.5 percentgoes to the social fund, and therest (83.07 percent) is distributedto the concerned members.

The important decisions of theSACEM are submitted to vote atthe Assemblee Generale (consti-tuted by the Societaires Definitifsand Stagiaires Professionnels-numbering about 1500). The so-ciety itself is directed by generalmanager Jean -Loup Tournier.Born in Paris in 1929, Jean -LoupTournier made his doctor's degreein law and license in literature.After a year as assistant professorin French in Maybole (Scotland),he spent five years (1950-55) asassistant chief at the jurisdictionservice of the SACEM. Five moreyears were spent as general dele-gate of the SACEM and in otherfunctions, mainly New York, Can-ada and Mexico. Since 1961 hehas served as general manager ofSACEM, president of BIEM andmember of the board of numer-ous French and foreign societies.



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RECORD WORLD COUNTRYBy LUKE

1/ NASHVILLE-Label execs andcountry artists from Phonogram/Mercury took advantage of theFan Fair gathering here this weekto hold an artist seminar at theVanderbilt Holiday Inn on Tues-day (June 7).

For the first time in the label'shistory the artists were affordedthe opportunity to aquaintthemselves with the internalworkings of the company anddirect any questions they mighthave to a panel of Nashville andChicago Phonogram executives.

The panel members wereJerry Kennedy, vice president,Nashville a&r; Jerry Gillespie,Nashville a&r; Frank Leffel, na-tional country promotion direc-tor; Charlie Fach, executive vicepresident, general manager; JulesAbramson, senior vice president/marketing; Harry Losk, vicepresident/sales; Carol Forney,director, business affairs; JohnFrisoli, executive vice president,general manager of Phonodisc;and George Knemeyer, publicity.

The seminar opened with thepanel members explaining thebasic functions of their respectivedepartments and continued witha question and answer session,which enabled the artists, whonormally do not have the oppor-tunity to meet with all the mem-

Famous Inks Two NASHVILLE-Bill Ficks, direc-tor of operations here forFamous Music Corporation, a

division of Paramount Pictures,has signed two writers, VinceMatthews and William P. David-son.

Cin-Kay Signs Kent NASHVILLE - George Kenthas been signed by Cin-KayRecords, according to Hal Free-man, president of the west coastlabel. Kent's new single, "Sing-ing Your Song," is being shippedout of Cin-Kay's Nashville office.

LEWISbers of the Phonogram staff, toask questions and discuss anyproblems which they may behaving.

Leffel told RW that much ofthe discussion in the closedmeeting concerned royalties, re-turns, European sales and distri-bution. "Even if they may nothave had all of their questionsanswered during the meeting,they now know who to contactwithin the organization whenthey have a problem or a ques-tion," Leffel said.

Among the artists presentwere Cledus Maggard, StewartHarris, Megan Eaton, Reba Mc-Entire, Lewanda Lindsey, JimmiePeters, Sherri Williams, BrendaPatterson and the Coon ElderBand, Red, White & Blue (Grass),Nick Nixon, Joel Sonnier andJackie Ward.

Capitol Signs Marcia Ball

Green Pastures restaurant in Austin was the site of a celebration recently honoringMarcia Ball's signing with Capitol Records. Looking on while Marcia signs are (fromleft): Bill Coben, her attorney; Carlyne Maier, Marcia's manager; Marcia; and FrankJones, VP of Capitol in Nashville.

NASHVILLE REP RTBy RED O'DONNELL

It's now definite: Johnny Cash has signed asthe host for annual Country Music AssociationAwards show that'll be televised live Monday,Oct. 10 on CBS. Word here is that he'll have a"few helpers" on the assignment. (Cash also istalking to same network-with which he is underthree year contract-about starring in some made -for -TV movies.) . . . If you've gotta comedy actthat's too ridiculous to qualify for the "GongShow," get in touch with Bud Wingard of the

"Hee Haw" TVer (phone 615-244-5000). The show's format next fallincludes a 30 -second segment-emceed by Junior Samples-that willfeature routines "that are so unfunny and silly they'll get laughs."

"Coal Miner's Daughter," the best-selling book of Loretta Lynn'slife and times, is going to be made into a theatrical movie by Uni-versal Studio. Tom Rickman of Hollywood is here writing the script.

No, Loretta isn't going to play the title role. As I hear it, the pic-ture will be more of a "stormy" love story about the MCA record-ing star and her husband of more than 25 years, Mooney. There'llbe only a minimum of music. There also is to be a part for Mooney,who jokingly says: "I figure Robert Redford or Paul Newman wouldbe right for that role." (Production-with Bernard Schwartz at thehelm-is tentatively scheduled to begin in the later summer orearly fall.)

Jerry Clower, the Mississippi mirth man, has been huddling with(Continued on page 78)

Street & LumanSign with Polydor NASHVILLE - Irwin H. Stein-berg, president of Polydor andthe Polygram Record Group, hasannounced the signing of MelStreet and Bob Luman to thelabel.

BackgroundStreet, best known for "Bor-

rowed Angel," "Lovin' On TheBackstreets," and "SmokeyMountain Memories," debuts onPolydor with the single "Barbara,Don't Be The Last To Know,"with his first album to followsoon after.

Bob Luman, presently in thestudio at work on his first Poly-dor sides with Polydor's Nash-ville director of a&r producerJim Vienneau, also has a longstring of country hits under hisbelt, including "Let's ThinkAbout Living," "Lonely WomenMake Good Lovers," "Come OnHome And Sing The Blues ToDaddy" and "Honkey TonkMan."

.COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEKVERN GOSDIN, "TILL THE END" (C. Gos-

din; Hookit, BMI). Here's aflawless record that program-- mers can feel safe with rightout of the box. With back-upassistance from Emmylou Har-ris, Gosdin brings it homewith his emotive vocal style.The song has all the makingsof a standard and this rendi-tion should be a smash. Elek-tra 45411.

JAMES TAYLOR, "BARTENDER'S BLUES"(J. Taylor; Country Road, BMI).George Jones should find thisone flattering as Taylor emu-lates his vocal style on thisbluesy country cut. Juke boxsales are a shoo-in as bar-tenders everywhere should bethe first to request it. Soundsgood for the airwaves too.Columbia 3 10557.

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CONWAY TWITTY & LORETTALYNN, "DYNAMIC DUO." Thecombination of Conway & Lorettaand producer Owen Bradley con-tinues to be a winner, as evi-denced by this tasteful collection."Get It On" and "Hide AndSeek" sound poised to follow thesame course as their current sin-gle, "I Can't Love You Enough."MCA 2278.



DAN Me e ORISONCountry singer extraordinaire! His debut album

produced by Chris Hillman, will treat you to apleasing set of easy country songs. Includes:

"That's The Way My Womari loves Me" (MCA -40729)

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HOWDY GLENN"Don't Take Pretty to the City"

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A Helping Hand

Ron Chancey (second from left), ABC/Dot Records vice president, assists the OakRidge Boys during recent recording sessions at Woodland Studios in Nashville. Newlysigned to a Dot recording contract, the Oaks have just completed their first albumfor the label with Chancey producing. Their first Dot single will be "Y'all ComeBack Saloon." Pictured from left are Joe Bonsai! (tenor), Chancey, Duane Allen(lead vocalist), Richard Sterban (bass) and Bill Golden (baritone).

Nashville Report (Continued from page 76)his local ghost writer Gerry Wood (Gerry Who?) and what they'repreparing is another book. Working title is "Let the Hammer Down."

"That means," explains Clower, "do the best you can with whatyou got. It originally was said by George Washington Carver, afine man."

The Jerry -Gerry team collaborated on "Ain't God Good," which todate has sold more than 100,000 hardbacks and in excess of 600,000paperbacks.

Lynn Anderson, who has been spending quite a bit of time in Cali-fornia, returned here to record an album under direction of SteveGibson. While on the west coast, Lynn discussed guest -starring rolesin the "Starsky & Hutch" and "Charlie's Angels" top -rated TV series.

Nationally, American Federation of Musicians members who per-form on recording sessions will this summer receive checks totalingmore than $11 million from the Phonograph Manufacturing SpecialPayments Funds-the highest payoff in 13 -year history of the fund.

Local studio pickers' share will be 22 percent! more than $2 million."Some of our musicians-those who work regularly-will get

checks of more than $20 each," the Nashville union's presidentJohnny DeGeorge estimated.

"What'll we do with the money?" said a busy session pianist."Some will put it into savings banks, some will invest in blue chipstocks and others will buy houses, cars-or go shopping at the neigh-borhood supermarket."

Considering base pay for a session ($110 for three hours) and thebonus, the busiest of Local 257 F. of A.M. members will be "laughingall the way to the bank"-or the supermarket.

Hoyt Axton is scoring the music for the "Outlaw Blues" moviewhich stars Peter Fonda and Susan Saint James, and features singer -wit Steve Fromholz.

Here are the birthdayers for this week: Waylon Jennings, Billy(Crash) Craddock, Mary Lou Turner, Burl Ives, Don Williams, jimmyDriftwood and Chet Atkins.

After a recent TV taping in Columbus, Ga. of their "Nashville onthe Road" syndicated series, Jim Ed Brown, Jerry Clower and HelenCornelius were presented keys to the city by Mayor Hack Mickle.

Reckon do keyboard artists Floyd Cramer and Hargus (Pig) Robbinsknow that the earliest piano in existence is one built in 1720 atFlorence, Italy? It is now preserved in New York's Metropolitan Mu-seum of Art.

Dr. Charles W. Jarvis, a San Marcos, Tex. dentist, has signed withCelebrity Management, Inc., of Nashville for public speaking book-ings. The Doc is a laugh -getter, it says here. I say he should have"pulling power." He says, "If you can sell dentistry, you can sellanything."

A quote from Mac Davis: "I live in Hollywood Hills when I'mhome. However, I'm on the road most of the time-I slept at homeonly 20 days during 1976."

Is Jerry Reed a fisherman? Well, dunno about his luck in catchingthe big 'uns, but my spies report that when Jerry unloads his fishinggear "it looks like he is getting ready to set up an outdoor sportsshow. He must have $10,000 worth of equipment," added Agent 009(up from 007).



Clark at WHN

WHN air personality Del De Montreux(right) discusses the program log withABC/Dot recording artist Roy Clark priorto Clark's hosting of an hour-long seg-ment of the station's regular music pro-gramming. Clark's visit to the stationcame while he was in New York to ap-pear in the "Country Comes To CarnegieHall" show with Freddy Fender, HankThompson and Don Williams.

Earthlight Cuts AlbumM OAKLAND CITY, INDIANA -Earthlight, a seven -member vocalgroup made up of students atOakland City College in OaklandCity, Indiana, have recorded analbum in Nashville at Jack Clem-ent Recording Studios. GeorgeRichey is the producer.

The Ip, "Earthlight: Plant ASeed Of Love," will be distrib-uted by the public relations de-partment of the college to informand attract students to the vari-ous music programs which thecollege offers.

The album contains contempo-rary gospel songs and new ar-rangements of standard hymns.Martin Preston, member of Earth -light, was the arranger in collabo-ration with Richey.

Preston, public relations direc-tor at Oakland, feels the Ip willbe extremely beneficial to all as-pects of the schools publicitygeared toward new student en-rollment.

NARM Meeting(Continued from page 16)programs could be instituted tomeet their needs. Since most ofthe members in attendance rep-resented the smaller type ofNARM member in the rack job-bing, one -stop and retail levels,Cohen felt that the meeting wasof great value in giving him apicture of the needs of this typeof NARM member company.

The second meeting was heldin Los Angeles on Wednesday,June 8 at a luncheon at the Cen-tury Plaza Hotel. All NARM reg-ular members in the Los Angelesarea were invited to attend.

An extended series of suchregionals will be held throughoutthe United States, with the formatof the meetings subject to changedepending on the needs of thearea and the membership beingserved.

Col Recording StudiosReports Business Rise NASHVILLE - Norm Anderson,manager of Columbia RecordingStudios in Nashville, has reportedoutside business in the studios up52 percent over the same periodlast year.

Among those custom clients inColumbia's Nashville Studios re-cently were Sammy Johns fromWarner Brothers, Bob Morganworking on Bobby Vinton forABC, Dave Dudley with JimmyKey producing, Carmol Taylor forElektra Records, the Imperials forWord Records, Gary Paxton pro-ducing, and Donna Fargo forWarner Brothers.

Lavender -BlakeSigns Hargrove NASHVILLE - Capitol record-ing artist and songwriter LindaHargrove recently signed a book-ing/management contract withthe Lavender -Blake Agency. Inc.,which coincides with the releaseof her new single, "Mexican LoveSongs," and her album, "Impres-sions."

BMI Schedule(Continued from page 8)Television background music pay-ments are being increased to aminimum of 22 cents per GroupA minute and 16 cents for a

Group B minutes.BMI defines a Group A Time

program as one broadcast be-tween the hours of 7 p.m. and11 p.m., and a musical or varietyprogram produced especially fortelevision which is broadcast be-tween the hours of 11 p.m. and

I a.m. All other programs aredeemed broadcast in Group BTime.

Under its new bonus song sys-tem of payment, every song inthe BMI repertoire is now eligi-ble for bonus payment, a con-cept which replaces bonusesbased on total catalogue perform-ances. Beginning July 1, 1977, anyBMI-licensed work which hasmore than 25,000 U.S. featurebroadcast performances, as re-flected by BMI's records, will re-ceive the following bonuses onall feature performances otherthan network television: 25,000to 99,999 performances: 11/2

times base rate; 100,000 to 499,-999 performances: 2 times baserate; 500,000 to 999,999 perform-ances 21/2 times base rate; 1,000,-000 performances and over: 3.8times base rate.

These multipliers are the mini-mum BMI will pay for qualifyingworks. Some or all of the multi-pliers may be increased in con-nection with quarterly statementsat its discretion, BMI states.

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Vern Godsin continues his winning streak! Againsporting the melodic accompaniment of EmmylouHarris, his fine vocals on "Till The End" will holdup all the way to the top -- don't miss it.

Randy Barlow continues his successful series ofchart records with "California Lady" added this weekat WIRE, WSDS, KKYX, KSOP, WMTS and KFDI.

It's a split on Elvis Presley again:"Way Down" is the side at KIKK, WKDA,KENR, WPOC, WUBE, KCKC and KLAK;"Pledging My Love" gets the nod atWDAF, KBOX, WSUN, WIVK, WBAP and WWVA.Both sides are featured at WONE.

A perfect summertime turntable win-ner is Johnny Carver's "Down At The

Elvis Presley Pool." It's an instant add at WWVA,KSO, WSDS, KNIX, KTTS, KKYX, WHOO, WJQS, KIKK,KENR, KXLR and KSOP.

Rayburn Anthony breaks onto national charts thisweek with "Hold Me." Early interest showing atWTSO (#45), WIVK, KDJW, KTTS, KFDI, KKYX, WJQS,WBAM and KSOP.

Little David Wilkins

Sonny James has pulled "In The Jailhouse Now"from his new "In Prison, In Person" LP, and the oldstandard becomes a new favorite! Mark it in the addcolumn at KLAC, WHOO, WBAP, KIRK, WPLO, KENR,WTIK, WIRE, WWVA, KNIX, KTTS, WWOL, KFDI, WAME,WITL, WVOJ, KKYX, WUNI, WSUN and KJJJ.

LP Interest: The "Houston Country Music Triangle"(KENR, KIKK, KNUZ) reports heavy requests on the"Redneck In A Rock n' Roll Bar" from JerEy Reed's"Jerry Reed Rides Again" album. Bill Anderson's"Movie Queen" featured at KBUL; Jesse Winchester's"Seems Like Only Yesterday" popular at WEEP.

Little David Wilkins is showing strong cross-country action on "Is Everybody Ready;" David Rogersbeginning to spread nationally, with play on "ILove What My Woman Does To Me" showing at WAME,KBUL, WBAP, KLAK, WIVK, KVOO, KDJW, KRMD, WCMS,KKYX, KTTS and KFDI.

The Original Texas Playboys areadding new fans with "Bring It OnHome To My House" at KAYO, WBAP, KFDIand KKYX. Meri Wilson's "TelephoneMan," already a pop hit, continues tobuild in the country markets. Addedthis week at KJJJ and KNIX, numberedat KENR (#35), WUNI (#23) and WONE(#2).

SURE SHOTS

Dickj Lee "Virginia How Far Will You Go"

Vern Godsin "Till The End"Jerry Reed "With His Pants In His Hand"

LEFT FIELDERS

Mel Street "Barbara Don't Let Me Be TheLast To Know"

Little David Wilkins - "Is Everybody Ready"

Jacky Ward "Why Not Tonight"

AREA ACTION

Dorsey Burnette - "Things I Treasure" (WSLR)Carl Perkins- "Standing In The Need of Love"

(WSDS)

Roy Head "Julianne" (KENR, KV00)

Opryland Begins7 Day Schedule NASHVILLE-Opryland openedfor its seven-day schedule Me-morial Day, May 30, with countrymusic stars, the Big Band sound,the Grand Masters Fiddling Con-test, and a Bluegrass and CountryMusic Festival headlining thesummer and fall season.

In the Plaza area, there will bedancing every night in the newGaslight Theatre Pavilion. Sundaythrough Thursday nights, guestsare invited to dance to Opry-land's Big Band; Friday nightsbelong to '50s rock; and on Sat-urday nights, there will be musicand callers for square dancing.

Country music greats from theGrand Ole Opry roster are partof the entertainment every sum-mer in a live stage performancecalled "Opry Guest Stars Show."This country music show, whichis scheduled Monday throughThursday in the Grand Ole OpryHouse, features a different artistevery day in a country musicshow that is covered by admis-sion to Opryland.

Compass, WIG PactII NASHVILLE - Chuck Deal,president of Compass Records ofNashville, has announced thesigning of a distribution agree-ment with World InternationalGroup, Inc. (WIG).

The first release under the newagreement is "Warmed OverMemories" by singer/songwriterDonnie Sanders.

Pirates Sentenced TULSA, OKLA. - Sentenceswere imposed in Federal DistrictCourt here on five men who hadentered guilty pleas to chargesof copyright infringement fol-lowing raids by FBI agents inJuly, 1976, that uncovered morethan 25,000 pirated tapes.

Lon Skipper, who had beendoing business as P&L Manu-facturing, Inc. and Triple "C"Investments, Inc., was sen-tenced to a fine of $2,500 andplaced on probation for twoyears. Ted Ledinsky, who wasindicted with Skipper, received afine of $1,000 and two years'probation.

Bob Bolles and Stevan Brown,who had been doing business asSun Distributors, Big 8 Tapes,Fox Productions and B&B Sales,were fined $1,600 and $1,000respectively. Bolles was placedon probation for 2 1/2 years,Brown for 6 months.

A $500 fine was imposed onKenneth Chitwood, who hadbeen doing business as Top 10Music Company in Denver. Chit -wood entered his guilty pleaand was sentenced in Wisconsinwhere he now resides.



DYNAMIC DUO

A dynamite new albumcontaining their hit single:I Can't Love YouEnough (MCA -40728)

Produced by Owen Bradley

See the "Dynamic Duo'on tour:July 7 Denver, CO

8 Salt Lake City, UT9-10 Las Vegas, NV

13 Phoenix, AZ14 Tucson, AZ15 Anaheim, CA16 Oakland, CA17 Fresno. CA20 Redding, CA22 San Bernardino, CA23 San Diego, CA24 Bakersfield, CA

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fl57 3 I REMEMBER PATSY LORETTA LYNN/MCA 2265 98 9 SONGS I'LL ALWAYS SING MERLE HAGGARD/Capitol SABB 11531 79 8 SHE'S JUST AN OLD LOVE TURNED MEMORY CHARLEY PRIDE/

RCA APL1 2261 10

16 SONGS OF KRISTOFFERSON KRIS KRISTOFFERSON/Columbia PZ 34687 6

11 11 ABOUT LOVE TOM T. HALL/Mercury SRM 1 1139 7

12 12 PLAY GUITAR PLAY CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 2262 2213 14 SNOWBLIND FRIEND HOYT AXTON/MCA 2263 8

MCI 30 RAMBLIN' FEVER MERLE HAGGARD/MCA 2267 3

15 15 LUXURY LINER EMMYLOU HARRIS/Warner Bros. BS 2998 21

19 A MAN MUST CARRY ON JERRY JEFF WALKER/MCA 2 6003 4

17 17 THE OUTLAWS WILLIE, WAYLON, TOMPALL & JESSI/RCA APL1 1312 72

18 13 SOUTHERN NIGHTS GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol SO 11601 14

19 10 YOUR PLACE OR MINE GARY STEWART/RCA APL1 2199 9

20 23 CRYSTAL CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists LA614 G 42

21 20 VISIONS DON WILLIAMS/ABC/Dot DOA 2064 1922 18 LINDA RONSTADT'S GREATEST HITS/Asylum 7E 1092 2623 24 CAROLINA DREAMS MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/Capricorn CP 0180 13

Ea 35 LET'S GET TOGETHER TAMMY WYNETTE/Epic KE 34694 3

25 25 A RETROSPECTIVE LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol SKBB 11629 5

26 26 WELCOME TO MY WORLD ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA APLI 2274 9

poi 43 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ/Mercury SRM 1 1144 2

28 22 SAY YOU'LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW TOM JONES/Epic PE 34468 15

40 SCORPIO BILL ANDERSON/MCA 2264 3

37 SLIDE OFF OF YOUR SATIN SHEETS JOHHNY PAYCHECK/Epic KE

34693 2

31 31 RIDIN' RAINBOWS TANYA TUCKER/MCA 2253 15

32 32 HIGH RIDING ALVIN CROW & THE PLEASANT VALLEY BOYS/Polydor PD 1 6102 6

En 38 ALL TIME GREATEST HITS, VOL. I GEORGE JONES/Epic KE 34692 2

34 34 MY MUSIC & ME ROY CLARK/ABC/Dot DO 2072-2 5

35 21 TOUCAN DO IT TOO AMAZING RHYTHM ACES/ABC AB 1005 9

36 36 REX REX ALLEN, JR./Warner Bros. BS 3054 4

37 39 I NEED YOU ALL THE TIME EDDY ARNOLD/RCA APL1 2277 6

38 28 WAYLON LIVE WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA APL1 1108 27

39 27 HEART HEALER MEL TILLIS/MCA 2252 16

52 RABBITT EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 7E 1105 2

41 29 FARGO COUNTRY DONNA FARGO/Warner Bros. BS 2996 16

42 44 HAPPINESS MARGO SMITH/Warner Bros. BS 3049 3

- LOVERS, FRIENDS AND STRANGERS BARBARA MANDRELL/ABC/Dot DO 2076

44 47 ONE MAN SHOW FREDDY WELLER/Columbia KC 34709 3

45 45 LONESOME ROAD DOC & MERLE WATSON/United Artists LA725 G 5

46 33 I JUST CAME HOME TO COUNT THE MEMORIES CAL SMITH/MCA 2266 7

CD FIRST CLASS MICKEY GILLEY/Playboy KZ 34776 1

48 48 FLOYD CRAMER & THE KEYBOARD KICK BAND/RCA APLI 2278 4

49 49 BEST OF DONNA FARGO/ABC/Dot DO 2075 17

57 HELP ME RAY PRICE/Columbia KC 34710 2

51 42 ONE NIGHT STANDS HANK "BOCEPHUS- WILLIAMS, JR./Warner Bros. BS 2988 8

52 41 BEST OF THE STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury SRM 1 1037 69

53 53 THE WHEEL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL/Capitol ST 11620 12

54 51 REUNITED RAY PRICE & THE CHEROKEE COWBOYS/ABC/Dot DO 2073 9

Eri 65 THE VASSAR CLEMENTS BAND/MCA 2270 2

56 46 BEST OF DOLLY PARTON/RCA APL1 1117 56

57 50 THE COUNTRY AMERICA LOVES STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury SRM 1 1125 20

- STACKED DECK RUSTY WIER/Columbia PC 34775 1

59 54 CONWAY TWITTY'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. II/MCA 2235 31

60 55 PAPER ROSIE GENE WATSON/Capitol ST 11597 14

- LILY DALE DARRELL McCALL/Columbia KC 34718 1

62 56 24 GREATEST HITS HANK WILLIAMS, SR./MGM SE 4755 41

63 59 RONNIE MILSAP LIVE/RCA APL1 2043 2964 61 ADIOS AMIGO MARTY ROBBINS/Columbia KC 34448 17

65 62 REDHEADED STRANGER WILLIE NELSON/Columbia KC 33482 88

66 60 BEST OF CHARLEY PRIDE, VOL. III/RCA APL1 2023 3367 64 THE TOUCH OF FELTS NARVEL FELTS/ABC/Dot DO 2070 10

68 66 THE TROUBLEMAKER WILLIE NELSON/Columbia/Lone Star KC 34112 36

69 58 JOHNNY DUNCAN/Columbia KC 34442 17

70 68 GILLEY'S SMOKING MICKEY GILLEY/Playboy PB 415 31

71 67 HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES/Asylum 7E 103 21

72 69 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS FREDDY FENDER/ABC/Dot DOSD 2020 101

73 70 ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNTRY WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA APL1 1816 49

74 63 JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2/RCA APL1 2072 14

75 72 I'M SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND MOE BANDY/Columbia KC 34443 15

THE COUNTRYwoRLD ALBUM CHART

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1 1 OL' WAYLON WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA APL1 2317 5

2 2 KENNY ROGERS/United Artists LA689 G 32

4 BEFORE HIS TIME WILLIE NELSON/RCA APL1 2210 6

O 6 CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDES JIMMY BUFFETT/ABC AB 990 17

5 NEW HARVEST . . . FIRST GATHERING DOLLY PARTON/RCA APL1 2188 16

7 BEST OF FREDDY FENDER/ABC/Dot DO 2079 5

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COUNTRYSINGLE PICKSCOUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK

DICKEY LEE-RCA 11009VIRGINIA, HOW FAR WILL YOU GO (W. Holyfield/B. House; Maplehill/

Vogue, BMI)Laid back vocals on this fine leavin' ballad are complemented bygood solid country production and a subtle hook. Lee should goall the way with this one, with very little effort.

PAM ROSE-Capitol 4440MIDNIGHT FLIGHT (M. McClellan; Beechwood, BMI)This pop -flavored cut has a good all around appeal. Vocals, lyrics andsome great pickin' make the total sound easy on the ears. A goodchart contender in any market.

DAVID FRIZZELL-MCA 40736LIFETIME WOMAN (C. Smith; Front Lawn, BMI)Young Frizzell uses this tender ballad to showcase his vocal talentsto their fullest. With definite appeal to the ladies, this one shouldsend him chartward.

HOWDY GLENN-Warner Bros. 8402DON'T TAKE PRETTY TO THE CITY (J. Hammer; Easy Listening/Whiteaway,

ASCAP)Glenn's first release since his recent signing with Warner Brothersis an easy -paced tune with a different enough sounding lyric togarner loads of airplay and get him on the road performing and outof the fireman's job he now occupies.

DON GIBSON-ABC/Hickory 54014IF YOU EVER GET TO HOUSTON (LOOK ME DOWN) (M. Newbury;

Acuff -Rose, BMI)Gibson's remake of this older Newbury tune is a classic. His dis-tinctive vocals blend with the production in such a way as to lend ahappy feel to an otherwise sad tune.

DALE McBRIDE-Con Brio 121LOVE I NEED YOU (D. McBride/F. Powers; Con Brio/

Dale McBride, Val Rio, BMI)With a powerfully building bridge, this could well be McBride's besteffort to date. A good sounding and good cookin' record, it shouldget lots of airplay and good chart action.

JERRY REED-RCA 11008WITH HIS PANTS IN HIS HAND (C. Parks; Greenwood, BMI)Reed is back to his old self again with this rousing number-a goodup -tempo cut sure to please programmers and light phones. Pulledfrom his latest Ip, it's quite different from his recent "Semolita."

MARGO SMITH-Warner Bros. 8399MY WEAKNESS (N.D. Wilson/M. Smith; Glamar/Dusty Roads/

Al Gallico, BMI)Beginning with a spoken intro and building steadily from there, thisone seems to have no weakness. Vocals are reaching and productioncomplements them. Should be right in line with her recent chartsuccess.

TOMMY WEST-Lifesong 45028MAMMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS

(E. Bruce/P. Bruce; Tree/Sugarplum, BMI)One-half of the pop team of Cashman & West, Tommy West has puthis own style to this recent Ed Bruce hit. A well done version, thisseems to have all -market potential.

MIKE LUNSFORD-Starday 160I CAN'T STOP NOW (J. Coleman/M. Lytle; Power Play, BMI)A consistently good artist, Lundford's latest release is no let -down.Vocals are strong as well as tender on this moving ballad. With pro-duct like this, he won't stop now.

MEL STREETS-Polydor PD 14399BARBARA DON'T LET ME BE THE LAST ONE TO KNOW (B. McDill/

W. Holyfield; Hall-Clement/Vogue/Maplehill, BMI)Street starts his association with Polydor with a good, solid countryeffort. In view of his past success, this should be a shoe -in for chartaction. Programmers will see phones light up on this one.



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WKS. ONCHART

10

Ell 4 MARRIED BUT NOT TO EACH OTHER BARBARA MANDRELL/ABC Dot DO 17688 12

3 3 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF EDDIE RABBITT/Elektra 45390 12

11:11 5 YOUR MAN LOVES YOU HONEY TOM T. HALL/Mercury73899 11

7 THAT WAS YESTERDAY DONNA FARGO/Warner Bros.WBS 8375 8

6 6 IT'S A COWBOY LOVIN' NIGHT TANYA TUCKER/MCA40708 10

7 2 IF WE'RE NOT BACK IN LOVE BY MONDAY MERLEHAGGARD/MCA 40700 12

8 9 BURNING MEMORIES MEL TILLIS/MCA 40710 99 8 I'LL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN CRYSTAL GAYLE/United

Artists XW948 Y 13

10 12 LIGHT OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING DOLLY PARTON/RCAPB 10935 11

14 I WAS THERE STATLER BROTHERS/Mercury 73906 8

15 DON'T GO CITY GIRL ON ME TOMMY OVERSTREET/ABCDot DO 17697 7

16 HEAD TO TOE BILL ANDERSON/MCA 40713 7

17 IF PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ/Mercury 73914 6

18 BORN BELIEVER JIM ED BROWN & HELEN CORNELIUS/RCA PB 10967 7

KB 21 I'LL BE LEAVING ALONE CHARLEY PRIDE/RCA PB 10975 5

17 19 IT'S NOTHING TO ME JIM REEVES/RCA PB 10956 9

18 20 SILVER BIRD TINA RAINFORD/Epic 8 50340 11

24 CHEAP PERFUME AND CANDLELIGHT BOBBY BORCHERS/Playboy ZS8 5803 6

20 23 IF YOU WANT ME BILLIE JO SPEARS/United ArtistsXW985 Y 7

Ea 26 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG RONNIE MILSAP/RCA PB 10976 4

d22 COME SEE ABOUT ME CAL SMITH/MCA 40714 8

29 MARGARITAVILLE JIMMY BUFFETT/ABC AB 12254 7

Ida28 FOOL JOHN WESLEY RYLES/ABC Dot DOA 17679 11

30 I DON'T KNOW WHY ( I JUST DO) MARTY ROBBINS/Columbia 3 10536 5

26 25 A PASSING THING RAY GRIFF/Capitol 4415 9

36 MAKIN' BELIEVE EMMYLOU HARRIS/Warner Bros. WB 8388 4

E2e. 32 I'M A MEMORY WILLIE NELSON/RCA PB 10969 6

35 TEN YEARS OF THIS GARY STEWART/RCA PB 10957 5

30 10 I'M GETTING GOOD AT MISSING YOU (SOLITAIRE)REX ALLEN, JR./Warner Bros. WBS 8354 11

40 I DON'T WANNA CRY LARRY GATLIN/Monument 221 4

32 11 SOME BROKEN HEARTS NEVER MEND DON WILLIAMS/ABC Dot DO 17683 15

LEI 45 I CAN'T LOVE YOU ENOUGH LORETTA & CONWAY/MCA 40728 3

34 13 THANK GOD SHE'S MINE FREDDIE HART/Capitol 4409 10

35 27 ME AND MILLIE RONNIE SESSIONS/MCA 40705 11

46 COUNTRY PARTY JOHNNY LEE/GRT 125 5

37 37 SO MANY WAYS DAVID HOUSTON/Starday 156 8

44 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU SAMMI SMITH/Elektra 45398 6

39 43 OLD KING KONG GEORGE JONES/Epic 8 50385 5

50 I LOVE WHAT LOVE IS DOING TO MELYNN ANDERSON/Columbia 3 10545 4

131 54 ROLLIN' WITH THE FLOW CHARLIE RICH/Epic 8 50392 3

53 I HATE GOODBYES LOIS JOHNSON/Polydor PD 14392 5

63 A SONG IN THE NIGHT JOHNNY DUNCAN/Columbia3 10554 3

CO 60 A TEAR FELL BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK/ABC Dot DO 17701 3

45 31 THE RAINS CAME/SUGAR COATED LOVEFREDDY FENDER/ABC Dot DO 17686 14

46 33 THIS GIRL (HAS TURNED INTO A WOMAN) MARYMacGREGOR/Ariola America 7662 9

47 42 MOBILE BOOGIE HANK WILLIAMS, JR./Warner Bros.WBS 8361 9

48 39 LET'S GET TOGETHER (ONE LAST TIME) TAMMY WYNETTE/Epic 8 50349 14

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BLUEST HEARTACHE OF THE YEAR KENNY DALE/Capitol 4389 16

PICKING UP THE PIECES OF MY LIFE MAC DAVIS/Columbia 3 10535 4

PLAY GUITAR PLAY CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 40682 16

DIFFERENT KIND OF FLOWER RAY PRICE/ABC Dot 17690 4THAT'S WHEN THE LYIN' STOPS (AND THE LOVIN' STARTS)

PAL RAKES/Warner Bros. WBS 8340 12

MERRY-GO-ROUND FREDDY WELLER/Columbia 3 10539 4

SHE'S GOT YOU LORETTA LYNN/MCA 40679 17

ISHABILLY MACK VICKERY/Playboy ZS8 5800 4

I DON'T HURT ANYMORE NARVEL FELTS/ABC Dot 17700 4

I'M THE ONLY HELL (MAMA EVER RAISED)JOHNNY PAYCHECK/Epic 8 50391 2

LUCILLE KENNY ROGERS/United Artists XW929 Y 21

THE BEST PART OF MY DAYS (ARE MY NIGHTS WITH YOU)DAVID WILLS/United Artists XW988 Y 5

HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/Capricorn 0270 8

HONKY TONK MEMORIES MICKEY GILLEY/Playboy ZS85807 2

DIXIE HUMMINGBIRD RAY STEVENS/Warner Bros. WBSC8393 2

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE DUANE EDDY/Elektra 45359 6

SOMEBODY TOOK HER LOVE (AND NEVER GAVE IT BACK)JIMMIE PETERS/Mercury 73911 4

(AFTER SWEET MEMORIES) PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAINDOTTSY/RCA PB 10982 4

COMING AROUND CONNIE SMITH/Monument 219 3

SHE'S THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS DON KING/Con Brio 120 3

IT'S TOO LATE TO LOVE ME NOW CHARLY McCLAIN/Epic 8 50378 5

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK

- IN THE JAILHOUSE NOWSONNY JAMESColumbia 3 10551

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SHE'S PULLING ME BACK AGAIN MICKEY GILLEY/Playboy 6100 18

GENTLE TO YOUR SENSES MEL McDANIEL/Capitol 4430 2

COWBOYS AIN'T SUPPOSED TO CRY MOE BANDY/Columbia 3 10558 2

DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE BOBBY SMITH/AutumnRPA 7623 6

LET ME LOVE YOU ONCE BEFORE YOU GOBARBARA FAIRCHILD/Columbia 3 10485 15

SWEET DECEIVER CRISTY LANE/LS GRT 121 3

TAKE ME TONIGHT TOM JONES/Epic 8 50382 3

SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY QUIET SUSAN RAYE/United Artists XW976 Y 7

DOWN BY THE POOL JOHNNY CARVER/ABC Dot 17707 1

WHAT DID I PROMISE HER LAST NIGHT BILLY PARKER/SCR 144 3

WHY NOT TONIGHT JACKY WARD/Mercury 73918 1

UNTIL I MET YOU TOM BRESH/ABC Dot DO 17703 2

IS EVERYBODY READY LITTLE DAVID WILKINS/MCA 40734 1

I LOVE WHAT MY WOMAN DOES TO MEDAVID ROGERS/Republic 001 1

WE'RE STILL HANGIN' IN THERE, AIN'T WE JESSIJEANNIE SEELY/Columbia 3 10550 3

CAN'T HELP IT CATES SISTERS/Caprice 2032 5

LADIES NIGHT DEL REEVES/United Artists XW989 Y 2

THE MAN STILL TURNS ME ON MARY LOU TURNER/MCA40727 2

I'LL BUY YOU CHATTANOOGA KENNY PRICE/MRC(Universal) 1001 3

(I'M COMING HOME TO YOU) DIXIE SHYLO/Columbia3 10534 2

LITTLE WHITE MOON HOYT AXTON/MCA 40731 1

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART BOBBY VINTON/ABC AB 12265 3

DON'T HAND ME NO HAND ME DOWN LOVEBEVERLY HECKEL/RCA 10981 1

HOLD ME RAYBURN ANTHONY/Polydor 14398 1

LOSE AGAIN LINDA RONSTADT/Asylum 45402 1

SHE'S STILL ALL OVER YOU JEANNE PRUETT/MCA 40723 2

LOVE LETTERS DEBI HAWKINS/Warner Bros. WBS 8934 1

OBSCENE PHONE CALL JOHNNY RUSSELL/RCA PB 10984 1

I'M NOT THE ONE YOU LOVE (I'M THE ONE YOU MAKELOVE TO) SUNDAY SHARPE/Playboy 5806 1

IF YOU CAN, WHY CAN'T I BILLY WALKER/Casino 124 1


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