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YOU" (prod. by John Farrar/FestivalRecords Intl.) (Irving / Woolnough /Broadside, BMI). Big change of paceballad for the countrified lass fea-tures a Peter Allen/Jeff Barry copy-right handled with delicate, lushproduction. Its pure emotive quali-ties insure her yet another top 10super triumph. MCA 40280.

KOOL & THE GANG, "HIGHER PLANE" (prod.by Kool & the Gang Ent.) (Delightful/Gang, BMI). Having gone gold twicewith a "boogie!" and a "holly -wood!" the group tries for three ina row in yet another elevated dancegroove. Soul algow from their forth-coming "Light of Worlds" album.They mightily take you even higher!Delite 1562 (PIP).

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OSMONDS, "LOVE ME FOR A REASON" (prod.by Mike Curb Prod.) (Jobete, ASCAP).The long wait is over. The familymen have their first in well over ayear, and it's a surefire winner. Aballad in a Stylistics bag, this is onegreat "Reason" everyone will agreeon. Donnie & Marie now have somefriendly sibling hit rivalry goingwith their clan. MGM 14746.

WILLIAM DE VAUGHN, "BLOOD IS THICKERTHAN WATER" (prod. by Frank Fiora-vanti & John Davis) (Philmela/Com-mon Good, BMI; Melomega/CoralRock, ASCAP). The "Be Thankful"man is back with another soulfulparable. Its well-intentioned punchshould result in some blood -red bul-lets. A flowin' future for De Vaughnand only! Roxbury 2001 (Chelsea).

SLEEPERSGRAEME EDGE BAND, "WE LIKE TO DO IT"

(prod. by Tony Clarke) (Threshold,PRS). First of a forthcoming list ofsolo projects from the Moody Blueskicks off as their drummer joinsforces with British writer -musicianAdrian Ben Gurvitz. Repetitiouslyinfectious fun item sounds to be aninternational novelty smash. Thres-hold 5N-67018 (London).

REDBONE, "SUZIE GIRL" (prod. by Pat & LollyVegas / Tribal Prod.) (Blackwood,BMI). Prominently featuring thestring sound that made "Come andGet Your Love" gold, America's fore-most Indian band turns one furtherpop corner. Lyrically strong, thisrhythm ballad has a melody hookthat'll allow everyone to know Suzieas a hit chick. Epic 8-50015.

VINTON, "MY MELODY OF LOVE"(prod. by Bob Morgan) (Pedro/Galahad, BMI). Bobby's own lyricaltreatment of a European hit thattopped the British charts as "Don'tStay Away Too Long." His versionincorporates a Polish refrain and astrong understanding of the Ameri-can market on his first for the label.Super comeback disc! ABC 12002.

INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND, "KIBURI" (prod. byMichael Viner & Perry Botkin Jr.)(Sylverpride and Joy, BMI). Poundingout a beat that's a potential "SoulMakossa" from our own shores, thelogo debuts under its new distribu-tion agreement quite auspiciously.Subliminal vocals spur its appealstill further. It's most assuredly the'burls! Pride 7601.

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ALBUMSJOE COCKER, "I CAN STAND A LITTLERAIN." The long-awaited album is hereand even one listen will show thatit was well -worth the anticipation.Cocker's ability to vocally reach outand grab your heart is unfaded, with"It's a Sin When You Love Somebody"leading the pack of gems, and "Don'tForget Me" sparkling too. Real, realgood. A&M SP -3633 (6.98).

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, "GIVE ITTO THE PEOPLE." A "Haven-ly" come-back from the Brothers who never lostthat lovin' feelin'. "Rock And RollHeaven," which reached the top three,is included, as is the soon -to -be re-leased single title track, which bearsresemblance to the aforementioned hit.Meriting a righteous place on the charts.Haven ST -9201 (Capitol) (6.98).

MARVIN HAMLISCH, "THE ENTER-TAINER." Reaching quick and loftymusical heights, this piano master'srelease is perfectly timed with his thrustinto the limelight, to guarantee opti-mum sales success. His market is wideand varied, and fans will thrill to hisvirtuoso exposition on the selections ofJoplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Joseph Lamband Berlin. MCA MCA -2115 (6.98).

TAVARES, "HARD CORE POETRY."Second time out for these r&b hit -makers with excellent cross -over capa-bilities draws them closer to thataccomplishment. Super production fromLambert & Potter and delicious harmon-ies combine for a spectacular set, withtheir previous hit "Too Late" and thethumping "My Ship" assuring hard corehitdom. Capitol ST -11316 (6.98).

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CBS Records Convention

Features Top Artists LOS ANGELES - Two majorartist announcements and thepromotion of Bruce Lundvall toVP and general manager of Co-lumbia Records highlighted theCBS Records '74 convention asexecs and talent shared the spot-light.

Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisandboth renewed their ties with thelabel: Dylan rejoined the Co-lumbia fold (see story below) aftertwo Asylum albums, and Ms.Streisand agreed to a new long-term commitment with the label.

Talent played a continuing roleat the week-long event, withnightly shows and luncheons fea-turing such CBS artists as NeilDiamond, Dave Mason, Jeff Beck,Sly Stone, Boz Scaggs, BuddyMiles, Portsmouth Sinfornia, Ed-gar Winter, Rick Derringer, Shug-gie Otis, Johnny Tillotson, DanFogelberg, Johnny Nash, Roger

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Dylan Back to Col NEW YORK - Bob Dylan hassigned a new long-term contractwith Columbia Records. The an-nouncement was made by IrwinSegelstein, president, CBS Rec-ords, last Friday night (2) at theCBS Records Annual Conventionin Los Angeles.

Dylan thus returned to Co-lumbia Records, the label whichhas previously released 15 of hisrecordings. Of those 15, 11 al-bums have been declared gold.

New Look for Mercury CHICAGO - Mercury Recordshas revealed a new label designfor singles and albums, the firstmajor design change in fouryears.

The familiar label with blacklettering has now been replaced


Atlantic Red Hot NEW YORK-Atlantic Recordshas reported the completion ofthe biggest week for single salesin the company's 26 year history.A total of 1,500,000 singles weresold at the close of business theweek ending August 2, accordingto the label. Included in theweek's activity was the certifica-tion of two gold singles: "FeelLike Makin' Love" by RobertaFlack and "Sideshow" by BlueMagic.

Atlantic's hot streak on theRecord World singles chart in-cludes: Number 2-"Feel LikeMakin' Love," Roberta Flack (At-lantic); number 5-"Sideshow,"Blue Magic (Atco); number 9-"Waterloo," ABBA (Atlantic);number 20 with a bullet-"I ShotThe Sheriff," Eric Clapton (RSO);number 21 bullet-"Wild Thing,"Fancy (Big Tree); number 28 bul-let-"Then Came You," DionneWarwicke & Spinners (Atlantic);number 35 bullet-"It's OnlyRock 'N Roll (But I Like It)," Roll-ing Stones (Rolling Stones).

Also number 47 - "Rings,"Lobo (Big Tree); number 70-"Secretary," Betty Wright (Al-ston); number 76-"My Love,"


ABC Annual Sales/Promotion MeetSpotlights Purchase of Famous Labels LOS ANGELES-ABC Records'recently concluded annual Salesand Promotion Meeting at' theBeverly Hilton here was signifi-cantly enhanced by two things-the conspicuous presence of topABC corporate officers visitingfrom New York, and the nailingdown of a deal with Gulf +Western for the acquisition byABC of that company's FamousMusic record labels. Conductedby ABC Records president JayLasker, the meeting also markedthe record company's 20th year,and coincidentally the 10th an-niversary of the founding of Dun-hill Records.

On hand for the opening ses-sion Friday morning (2), andspeaking for the parent com-panies, were Leonard Goldenson,ABC board chairman; Elton Rule,president of the American Broad-casting Companies; and I. MartinPompadur, president, ABC LeisureGroup.

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The Summer Market: A Re -EvaluationBy LENNY BEER

NEW YORK - The days whenradio stations used to program forthe summer and the airwaveswere literally crowded with ex-ultations of the summer seasonappear to be over, as this sum-mer continues the trend of thepast few years towards less air-play for "summer" records andtherefore, more than ever, lessproduction of specialized summerproduct. A quick glance at TheSingles Chart shows only one true"summer" hit, "Beach Baby" byFirst Class (UK), and one "sum-mer" song in the early stages ofits growth, "Wombling SummerParty" by the Wombles (Colum-bia).

However, a close examinationof today's chart as compared toone of December 15 at the Christ-mas peak and that of August 18of last year reveals a rather start-ling new trend emerging in the

Beginning this week, Record Worldwill list the top 25 albums and singlesfrom England as a regular feature. Seepage 52.

summer. Because many of thecompanies hold back the releaseof their big artists for the fall andthe Christmas peak, the summerhas become the best opening forbreaking through with artists whohave never previously succeeded.The December 15 chart showsonly three "first hit" artists in thetop 50 (the DeFranco Family)on 20th Century, Al Wilson onRocky Road and El Chicano onMCA), whereas the current chartshows not only five "first hit"artists in the top 10 (Paper Lace onMercury, Blue Magic on Atco,Dave Loggins on Epic, ABBA onAtlantic and Rufus on ABC), butno less than 17 in the top 50. Lastsumme'r's chart confirms this newsummer market showing 13 "firsthit" artists in the top 50 headedby Maureen McGovern (20th Cen-tury at #1.

So it appears that the summeris emerging as the time to notonly break through with newartists but to succeed with artistswho have tried and failed to


the agreement with GulfWestern came later in the day,though Lasker had made the an-nouncement to ABC field per-sonnel attending the meetingthat morning. The acquisitionbrings to ABC Records theFamous family of labels, includingParamount (which as a label willbe phased out), Dot, Neighbor-hood, Blue Thumb and Tara. Dotpresident Jim Fogelsong and hisvice president of merchandisingLarry Baunach spoke briefly onthe talent that Dot catalogue hasto offer and, by way of example,introduced Donna Fargo.

Lasker also announced a newaffiliation with Myrrh Records, adivision of Word, Inc., of Waco,Texas, for distribution of thatcompany's white gospel cata-logue. On hand to acknowledgethe ABC -Myrrh tie was the latter'sa&r chief, Billy Ray Hearn, andWord president Jarrell Mc-Cracken.

Otherwise, the Friday morningmeeting was given over to anImpulse presentation taped bythat label's a&r head, Ed Michel,as well as previews of new al-bums by Terry Cashman andTommy West, produced by SteveBarri; England's Claire Hamill,


ABC/G&W TransactionChanges Dist. Picture

By GARY COHEN NEW YORK-The sale to ABCof the Famous Music recorddivision again changes the picturefor independent distributors, whowill be losing the Paramount, Dotand distributed labels to ABC'srecently completed network ofbranch distributors.

Sources at ABC/Dunhill toldRecord World that they have al-ready begun the process of pull-ing the Famous line from indiedistributors around the country,while ABC promotion men havereportedly begun working someFamous product.

Lion's ShareWhatever the final disposition

of Famous' distributed labels,ABC has picked up the lion'sshare with Dot, Paramount,Neighborhood, and Blue Thumb.


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Country Music ShowTo Tour U.S.S.R. NASHVILLE-At the invitationof the State Department, Ten-nessee Ernie Ford, Sandi Burnettand 21 singers, dancers andmusicians from Opryland willtour the U.S.S.R. with a countrymusic show. The tour will leavethe United States Sept. 12 andreturn Oct. 11.

The show, written by Oprylandmusical director George Marby,will feature country music in ahistorical perspective - from itsearly roots in mountain music tothe current top country songs.

Titled "Country Music U.S.A.,"the show's producer is RichardKuegeman, director of live enter-tainment at Opryland. It is jointlysponsored by the State Depart-ment, the State of Tennessee andOpryland USA. All songs areoriginal arrangements and the


Anti Promo ChiefFor Farrell Labels LOS ANGELES-Wes Farrell hasannounced the appointment ofDon Anti to the newly createdpost of national promotion direc-tor of the Chelsea and Roxburylabels.

Don Anti

"I'm giving Don a free reinto organize the department andto select a staff he feels willallow our labels the maximumgrowth," says Farrell. "We'regoing to make these decisions as


Wissert ProducingHelen Reddy LP LOS ANGELES - Joe Wissertwill produce Helen Reddy's newCapitol album to be released inlate fall, it was announced byJeff Wald, Ms. Reddy's personalmanager.

Before the Reddy assignment,Wissert produced such artists asEarth, Wind and Fire, GordonLightfoot, and The Turtles. "Weare very pleased with our newassociation with Joe," statedWald. Ms. Reddy is currently inthe studio completing the albumin between her extensive August -

September personal appearanceschedule.

Chappell/MorrisAdministration Pact NEW YORK - In connectionwith a recently announced ad-ministration/marketing pact withChappell Music Co. Inc., E.H.Morris VP and professional staffhead Agnes Tracy Kelliher haAadvised Record World that "ourcreative staff will remain intact."

New OfficesThe Morris offices will re -locate

September 1 to 810 7th Avenue,"maintaining separate offices . . .

and a separate staff," the vicepresident continued.

The thrust of the Chappell -Morris pact is to offer administra-tion and marketing services forthe company initially founded in1939 by Johnny Mercer and BuddyMorris, for a two-year period inthe United States with Chappe!'offering an augmentation of st,.:for exploitation and promotionof the catalogue.

Jack Lee will continue to handlethe standard Morris catalogue;Peter Silvestri, Sylvia Herscher andSteve Morris will continue onwith Morris in their respectivepositions of comptroller -directorof royalties, theatre departmenthead and west coast operationshead.

Among Morris' future Broadwayprojects are "Mack & Mabel,""Sheba" and "Shenandoah." Theyare represented on the Great


Private StockNames Marshall NEW YORK-Iry Biegel, execu-tive vice president and generalmanager of Private Stock Records,Ltd., has announced the appoint-ment of Dave Marshall as directorof national promotion for thenewly -formed company.

Prior to joining Private StockRecords, Marshall spent eightyears at London Records, where,for the past three years, he hasbeen national promotion man-ager. Prior to that position, Mar-shall directed London's east coastpromotion.

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'Sting' Goes Platinum LOS ANGELES - The originalmotion picture soundtrack of"The Sting" on MCA Records,with music conducted and adapt-ed by Marvin Hamlisch, hasattained platinum status indicat-ing one million units sold,according to the label.

CBS Records Convention HighlightedBy Lundvall, Alexenburg Addresses( The following are excerpts from CBS Records Convention speechesby Bruce Lundvall, vice president and general manager of ColumbiaRecords, and Ron Alexenburg, vice president, sales and distribution,Epic and Columbia Custom Labels.)

Bruce Lundvall. . . "as an industry we've lived throughthe profit squeeze, the vinyl crunch, theprice spiral, the returns pinch, (the chapter11 shut -down), the top 40 shut -out, andthe Newark fandango. A rather ominousobstacle course to say the least and onethat put the skill and agility of each oneof you to the supreme test-one that putour industry leadership on the line. Andlooking back on the past 12 months, I

don't remember any cheering sections onthe sidelines. Just the usual collectionof cynics ever ready to recite chapterand verse as to why it wasn't going towork and how our glory days would soonbecome mere memories. How fast theywere to mistake a continuity of brilliantleadership for interim caretaker manage-ment. How slow they were to recognize ourdepth of creative leadership at every level.Their perceptions were clearly the productof envy and tunnel vision . . . andtheir proclamations were unpleasant, unfairand patently untrue.

"Our accomplishments since last wemet, both answer our critics and speakfor themselves. Profitability-as always,was a top priority-and our leadershipwas apparent in the intelligent adjustmentof prices to return a fair profit to ourcustomers and to checkmate the spiralingcosts of today's business at our end. Afirm -but -fair returns policy brought reason


Ron Alexenburg"In 1970, there was one custom label,Barnaby. Today, there are eight customlabels, and custom billing during the pastfour years has increased over 780 percent.In the first six months of this year, weare 61 percent ahead of last year. thesenumbers not only reflect the greatnessof the individual label heads, but theexceptional performance of our entire fieldorganization as well.

"The phenomenal growth and success ofEpic from 1970 thru 1973 adds up toan increase in net sales of 62 percent.This is even more dramatic when werealize that in the first six months of1974, Epic is already 23 percent aheadof last year.

"One of the most distinctive aspects ofEpic is that for a label with a relativelysmall roster, it is a total record companywith music in every area. Not only doesEpic have diversity in its music, but itsartists are leaders in their respectivefields. Each of the three biggest acts onEpic is tops in his style-from Sly, wholike a 'black Beatles,' totally revitalizedand redirected r&b music; to CharlieRich ,who gave crossover a new meaning,and who went on to become the strongestselling artist for Epic in '73; to the EdgarWinter group who are rapidly becomingAmerica's premier rock 'n' roll band.

"Aware that new artists are the life -


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SMILE.

By now you have in your hands the next No. 1 single record.

"WE LIKE TO DO IT"The debut single by The Graeme Edge Band.

Featuring Adrian Ben Gurvitz.PiodiR ed 1)\ Tom Clarke.

The Mood E3lues have embarkedon a series of individual projects.The first ..."WE LIKE TO DO IT:The Graeme Edge single.

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UJA Names Massler

'Man of the Year NEW YORK-The music divi-sion of the United Jewish Appealwill honor Al Massler as their"Man Of The Year" at a dinner-

dance to be held at the New YorkHilton Hotel on Saturday, No-vember 2.

Co-chairman of the Ninth An-nual Dinner -Dance of the UnitedJewish Appeal music division areHerb Goldfarb, vice president ofsales and marketing for LondonRecords; Iry Biegel, executive vicepresident and general manager ofPrivate Stock Records; DavidRothfeld, merchandise managerof E. J. Korvettes; and TheodoraZavin, senior vice president ofBMI.

NARM ConventionCommittee Named BALA CYNWYD, PA. - Ap-pointments to the 1975 NARMConvention have been announcedby Jules Malamud, NARM execu-tive director, and NARM presi-dent, David Lieberman. The Con-vention will be held March 2 -March 6, 1975 at the CenturyPlaza Hotel in Los Angeles,California.

Convention chairman andchairman of the convention com-mittee is Jay Jacobs (Knox RecordRack Co., Knoxville, Tenn.). OtherNARM regular members servingon the convention committee areBarrie Bergman, Alfred Chotin,Richard Greenwald, NormanHausfater, Ernest Leaner, DavidSiebert, Jack Silverman, SydneySilverman and Peter Stocke.

Continuing the procedure in-stituted in planning the 1974convention, six manufacturer/ad-visors, from NARM AssociateMember companies, will alsoserve on the convention commit-tee. The manufacturer advisors tothe convention committee areBob Fead (A&M Records); JoelFriedman (Warner/Elektra/Atlan-tic Corp.); Martin Kasen (PeterPan Industries); Bruce Lundvall(Columbia Records); Tom Noo-nan (Motown Record Corp.); andLou Simon (Phonogram/Mercury).

Abramson AppointedPhonogram VP CHICAGO - Irwin Steinberg,president of Phonogram, Inc., hasannounced the appointment ofJules Abramson to the position ofvice president national sales.

Jules Abramson

Abramson will assume the vicepresidency after serving as na-tional sales manager since 1970.He will continue to oversee allsales functions in the pop, coun-try, classical and r&b fields whichinvolve all Phonogram labels in-cluding Mercury, Philips, Vertigoand Dial.

Abramson joined the companyin 1964 as Mercury branch man-ager in Philadelphia, then tookon the duties of eastern regionalmarketing manager in 1968, cov-ering all markets from Boston toWashington and as far west asCleveland. He then moved toMercury's headquarters in Chi-cago and the national position.

Ross Parker Dies LONDON - Songwriter -come-dian Ross Parker died (2) at hishome in Kent at age 59.

A longtime writer for theBritish musical stage, his mostrecent lyrical success was a settingof the chorale "Ode to Joy" fromBeethoven's Ninth Symphony, re-corded by Miguel Rios as an inter-national hit, "Song of Joy." Hismost prolific period was WorldWar II when he wrote such stand-ards as "There'll Always Be anEngland" and "We'll Meet Again."

Merrill Grant Named PresidentOf Newly -Formed Don Kirshner Prod. LOS ANGELES - Merrill Granthas been named president of DonKirshner Productions, a newlyformed corporate entity which isan outgrowth of Kirschner's re-cent successes in the televisionindustry, announced Kirshner.This represents a major thrustinto the television business byKirschner Entertainment Corpora-tion.

Grant inherits a broad scope ofactivity, indicating Don KirshnerProductions to be a major pack-ager, creator and producer of allfacets of television programming.Already in active production is aprimetime situation comedy pilotfor NBC, a daytime game showpilot for CBS, and several latenight mysteries for ABC. Addi-tionally, Don Kirshner's RockConcert, currently syndicated in125 markets, has been renewedfor an additional 52 weeks firmby its sponsors of the first season.

Kirshner and Grant will alsoimmediately put new projectsinto network development, whichwill include primetime situationcomedies, dramatic movies for TVand dramatic series. They alsoplan daytime projects to include

WB Pacts WomackIn Production Deal BURBANK - Bobby Womackand his Sound Productions, Inc.have signed a production agree-ment with Warner Bros. Records,announced Mo Ostin, chairmanand Joe Smith, president. Underthe agreement, Womack will pro-vide product for release by thelabel including a new singlejust completed by former Mo-town artist Mary Wells.

Warners plans to release theWomack -Wells collaboration, "IfYou Can't Give Her Love, GiveHer Up," on August 14. It's Ms.Wells' first single in over threeyears.

Bobby Womack joins Joe Smith and MoOstin in celebrating the signing of aproduction agreement between Womackand Warner Bros. Records.

Merrill Grant

game shows, serials and specials,as well as programming for chil-dren.

Viacom VPMerrill Grant resigned his posi-

tion as vice president of ViacomEnterprises to move over to thepresidency of Don Kirshner Pro-ductions.

Threshold Restructures NEW YORK-Jerry Weintraub,head of Management Ill who wasrecently appointed to manage thebusiness affairs of the MoodyBlues on a world-wide basis andassumes the administrative re-sponsibilities for the group collec-tively and individually as well asbeing responsible for ThresholdRecords, Threshold Music and alltour activities, met with membersof the Moody Blues in London toannounce the following restruc-turing of the existing MoodyBlues/Threshold Records and Mu-sic framework:

Gerry Hoff has been appointedEuropean manager of ThresholdRecords.

Peter Jackson becomes liaisonmanager between Weintraub andthe Moody Blues in London.

Cyril Simons, the head of LeedsMusic, will continue to handlethe Threshold Music catalogueand any individual publishingcompanies for all territories ex-cept the United States andCanada.

Michael Balin will continue asUnited Kingdom legal advisors;Ivor Casson continues as chart-ered accountant to the group;Colin Berlin and Barry Claymanof MAM will continue as agentsto the Moody Blues; and NickMassey continues as head of pub-licity.

Legal AspectsStevens H. Weiss has been ap-

pointed as U.S. attorney to repre-sent the legal aspects on behalfof the Moody Blues, Thresholdand Jerry Weintraub's Manage-ment III, coordinating withMichael Balin.

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THE C BASTKAREN FLEEMAN

Although many commentshave been dropped that AnneMurray would leave CapitolRecords to sign with Epic, thelatest word on the street isthat she will stay with hercurrent label ... On the exec-utive level, Herb Belken leftAtlantic and is negotiating withthe creative services depart-

ment of a major label based in L.A. . . . Tony Harrington also exitedAtlantic and will be working for Peggy Lee in public relations . . .

Publicst Sharon Lawrence left Rocket Records, but she says that Eltonis still #1 with a bullet in her charts . . . At Capitol, Elaine Corlette,national artist relations manager, and Toby Mamis, director of artistdevelopment, are no longer with the company. Mamis has re-formedhis public relations firm, "The Famous Toby Mamis," based in NewYork .. . Condolences go to Capitol's Stu Yahm, who broke his anklein the tower last week. Also, to Jay Lasker, whose Rolls Royce wasstolen during the ABC Convention at the Beverly Hilton. The car waseventually returned to him,.stripped ... Atlantic Records will distributeNat Weiss' (John McLaughlin's manager) newly formed record label,Nemperor Records. Jann Hammer and Jerry Goodman, former mem-bers of Mahavishnu Orchestra, have recorded an album together atCaribou for the label, scheduled for an early fall release.

IN OTHER NEWS: A new album, inspired by the legend of KingArthur and the Knights of the Round Table, has been conceived bykeyboardist Rick Wakeman. The album will be recorded in Belgiumafter the end of Wakeman's up -coming U.S. tour, "Journey to theCentre of the Earth," which will debut Septmber 14 at Madison SquareGarden in New York. Wakeman plans to introduce the album with aspectacular "King Arthur Day" festival at Tintagel, Cornwall, the site


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NARAS Panel ViewsArtist -Label Deals BURBANK-An all -encompass-ing examination of the increas-ingly competitive situation of theartist today searching out a newlabel deal was attended by over300 at the NARAS-sponsored ses-sion held at The Burbank Studiosrecently.

Four viewpoints in artist -labelnegotiations were represented ona panel consisting of artist attor-ney Jay Cooper, record companylawyer William Kaplan, indie pro-ducer Bones Howe and businessmanager Jerry Rubenstein.

The session traced the currentroster -trimming at the manufac-turer level to basic economic con-ditions within the industry, butmade clear that the potential ofthe specific act as viewed by thecompany in question still deter-mines the direction of any sub-sequent negotiations.

GRC Pacts ATA ATLANTA-GRC Records andthe Thevis Music Group haveacquired complete record andmusic publishing rights on a

world-wide basis of product onthe Australian record label, ATA.

The announcement, madejointly by GRC president Mi-chael Thevis and Kevin Jacobsen,managing director of ATA, marksthe first time an American recordand music publishing operationhas acquired complete disc andsong publishing rights from anAustralian firm for internationalrepresentation. The pact excludesAustralia and New Zealand.

In excess of 20 albums and 18singles have been acquired byGRC of ATA product for market-ing under the GRC trademarkfeaturing Australians such as ColJoye, Little Pattie, Jack Lesberg,Sandy Scott, Mike McClellan, theRay Price Quintet, Laurie Allenand the Webb Brothers.

Tokyo Hospitality

AMC Honoree

Paul Shore, president of ShorewoodPackaging Corporation (right), is showndiscussing cancer research with Dr. GopalSharma in a laboratory at the AmericanMedical Center in Denver, Colorado. Shoreis being honored as the AMC's 1974Humanitarian Award recipient and willbe feted with a dinner in his honor onSeptember 14, 1974 at the Plaza Hotelin New York City. Tickets are availablethrough Shorewood Packaging offices orAMC offices in New York City.

NARAS Moves LOS ANGELES - The RecordAcademy (NARAS) will be movingto new and expanded head-quarters on August 15, 1974, ac-cording to its national presidentBill Lowery.

New LocationThe new office will be situated

at 4444 Riverside, Toluca Lake,California 91505; telephone: (213)843-8233. The office will continueto be headed by the Academy'snational manager, Christine Far -non. These quarters will be sharedby the Los Angeles Chapter ofthe Record Academy with execu-tive director Betty T. Jones incharge.

UN Concert Postponed HOLLYWOOD - The UnitedNations Association - sponsoredconcert to benefit victims of theAfrican drought has been indefi-nitely postponed, announced theco -producers of the concert,Michael Viner and Bill Graham.

While attending the annual CMA board of directors meeting in Tokyo, Japan earlierthis year, and serving as an advisor to the Tokyo International Music Festival, RecordWorld Publisher Bob Austin attended a dinner at the home of Japanese music pub-lisher Shin Watanabe. Pictured from left: Watanabe, Austin, Mrs. Austin, Sony ofJapan president Akio Morita (who was incorrectly identified in last week's issue),Mrs. Morita and Mrs. Watanabe.

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I SINGLE PICKSGORDON LIGHTFOOT-Reprise 1309CAREFREE HIGHWAY (prod. by Lenny Waronker)

(Moose, CAPAC)

Another chart fireball from the folk-rockCanadian who last brought you "Sun-down." Song about running away fromtrouble should be a homefree hit.

GILBERT O'SULLIVAN-MAM 5N-3641(London)

A WOMAN'S PLACE (prod. by Gordon Mills)(MAM, BMI)

What was once gospel is now proper con-troversy. His "in the home" philosophyon his best rocker since "Get Down" willbring female response of all sorts.

CHI-LITES-Brunswick B 55514YOU GOT TO BE THE ONE (prod. by Eugene Record)

(Julio -Brian, BMI)Probably their most obvious crossoversince "Have You Seen Her," the act blendsballad and boogie magic into one tall,cool glass of funk. Definitely the one!

MAC DAVIS-Columbia 3-10018STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES (prod. by Gary Klein)

(Screen Gems-Columbia/Songpainter, BMI;Colgems, ASCAP)

Title tune from his exploding album willfigure as a major charter in the wake ofhis summer TV series and his prior "OneHell of a Woman" success. Flower power!

BOBBY GOLDSBORO-United ArtistsUA-XW529-X

HELLO SUMMERTIME (prod, by Bob Montgomery &Bobby Goldsboro)(Shads, ASCAP)

Last year at this time, his "Summer (TheFirst Time)" was making waves. Now hetakes on the season with his already fam-ous Coke jingle. Top 40 soda pop!

IMAGINATION -20th Century 2117THERE'S ANOTHER ON YOUR MIND (prod. by

Clarence Johnson) (Jason Sean, ASCAP)Chicago blues meets the all -city soulsound in a production that's as powerfulas it is distinctive. Fantastic fusion has torighteously stun the r&b market.

GINO VANNELLI-A&M 1614PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE (prod. by Gino & Joe Vonnelli)

Joe Vonnelli) (Almo/Gemo, ASCAP)Intriguing newcomer combines elementsof Lee Michaels and Steely Dan on thisimpressive side. One listen and you've gotto be doin' it just like he says to!

LTG EXCHANGE-Fania WF 11278(Scepter)

KEEP ON TRYING (prod by Jerry Ross)(Screen Gems, BMI)

Group broadens their disco demographicswith a strongly orchestrated uptemponumber that doesn't sacrifice an inch oftheir dance floor command. A pusher!

SONNY BONO-MCA 40271OUR LAST SHOW (prod. by Sonny Bono)

(Chris -Marc, BMI)His first solo session in nine years is a

highly personal account of his break-upwith Cher. Ballad should be the subject ofconsiderable attention and play.

STYX-Wooden Nickel WB-10027(RCA)

LIES (prod. by John Ryan; Chicago Kid Prod./BillTrout) (4 Star, BMI)

One midwestern hit that still sounds likea national smash. Consistent Ip sellershave just what it takes on their re -make'66 Knickerbockers rocker.

GARCIA-Round 4504LET IT ROCK (prod, by John Kahn)

(Arc, ASCAP)

Chuck Berry's '60 B-side to "Too Poopedto Pop" has since become an r&r stan-dard. Jerry's version from his "Compli-ments" set is the most commercial to date.

JIM DAWSON-RCA PB-10040FOUR STRONG WINDS (prod. by Terry Cashman &

Tommy West/Cashwest Prod.)(M. Witmark & Sons, ASCAP)

It's hard to believe this oft -cut Ian Tysontune has yet to make it as a single. Daw-son's magic should be enough to put theclassic in its rightful public place.

PAUL DA VINCI-Mercury 73611(Phonogram)

YOUR BABY AIN'T YOUR BABY ANYMORE(prod. by E. Seago & P. Da Vinci)(Channel, PRS)

Falsetto that helped to launch the Ru-bettes' "Sugar Baby Love" has already de-cided to go solo. His first is another doo-wopper in a slick picture frame.

FAIR PLAY-Silver Blue 817 (Polydor)GUILTY (prod, by Tony Camillo)

(ATV, BMI)

Most crossover -oriented female group toemerge in some time takes an English hitand treats it to some U. S. soul might.Hit conviction is self-evident.

ELVIN BISHOP-Capricorn 0202 (WB)TRAVELIN' SHOES (prod. by Johnny Sandlin)

(Crabshaw, ASCAP)First cullin' from his fine "Let It Flow"album takes the gospel phrase and infusesit with a new rockin' storyline super -punch. Walkin' in the right direction!

AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE-Soul Power117 (Jewel/Paula)

MR. BROWN (prod. by Louis Villery)(Su-Ma/Rogan, BMI; Sound City, ASCAP)

Lively tribute to the life and hits of theGodfather of Soul. Bumpin' groove re-prises his recent biggies in one heavyhomogenous riff. James' fame is aflame!

JAMES TAYLOR-Warner Bros. 8015LET IT ALL FALL DOWN (prod. by David Spinozza(

(Country Road, BMI)Nihilistic hymn of anarchy gets the haunt-ingly up musical treatment from the "Fireand Rain" man. Wise first culling from his"Walking Man" album for a hit run.

HAMILTON BOHANNON-Dakar 4335(Brunswick)

KEEP ON DANCING (PART 1) (prod. by HamiltonBohanon) (Hog, ASCAP)

Title cut from the disco man's ever-spin-nin' album should turn the Ip into achart giant as well as do it to it as a singleout to floor the pop -soul market.

LES EMMERSON-Polydor 14247CLICHES (prod. by Les Emmerson/Trilium Music)

(Coloneye/Unichappell, BMI)Canadian founder and producer of FiveMan Electrical Band has his best solo ef-fort in this tone of small talk and bigemotions. The quintescent lovesong!

NEW BIRTH-RCA PB-10017I WASH MY HANDS OF THE WHOLE DAMN DEAL,

PART 1 (prod. by Harvey Fuqua/Fuqua III &Basement Prod.) Dunbar/Rutri, BMI)

Group takes on a decidedly Family Sto-nish glow on this first single from theirnew album. Pounding rhythm and wall-to-wall wailin' will see them clean up.

LOST GENERATION-Innovation II8002 (WB)

YOUR MISSION (IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT)PART 1 (prod. by Lowrell Simon Sr.)(Kinman-Quintrac, BMI)

Group best remembered for "The Sly,Slick and the Wicked" is right on thecomeback case a la the former TV seriesstarring Peter Graves. Most acceptional!

LEON WARE-Paramount 0308 (Famous)GIRL, GIRL, GIRL (prod. by Jules Chalkin & Michael

Arciaga) (Famous, ASCAP; Ensign, BMI)This light, bright soul theme from "TheEducation of Sonny Carson" could easilybe a box office bonus for the alreadyheavily -accepted film. Movie magic!

JANE MERYLL-Brut 819 (Buddah)MORE THAN ONCE (prod. by Dick Laysky & Dave

BeIlin) (Brut, ASCAP(Tune originally penned as a promo spotfor "NBC Nightly News" takes the form ofa lovesong sung from the human interestangle. A potential bullet -in!

BOBBY WHITESIDE-Curtom 2001(Buddah)

WHY DON'T YOU GROW UP (prod. by BobbyWhiteside) (Trendsetters, ASCAP)

Label's first commitment to pop -countryis a family -oriented saga of a nervousfather learning too late of the joys ofpatient parenthood. Cleverly spun.



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PPALBUMNOBODY DOES IT LIKE MESHIRLEY BASSEY-UA UA-LA214-G 16.981Chanteuse of distinction graces thegrooves, sure to bask in the afterglowof her recent successful concert tour.Devotees, new and old alike, ensure salesascendacy, as Ms. Bassey's easy vocalstyle adorns the likes of "When YouSmile,- "I'm Nothing Without You," "Thetrouble with Hello Is Goodbye" and thevivacious title tune.

SWEET LOULOU DONALDSON-Blue Note BN-LA259-G (UM

(6.98)Alto saxophonist supreme struts his stuff,as he has for about twenty years now,with his unique horn flavor bringing outthe intrinsic feel of the compositions."Lost Love" is delicately fervid; "HipI rip" is exactly what the title implies; and"If You Can't Handle It, Give It To Me"is aptly funkified. Sweet, ripe and juicy.

LEO KOTTKE/PETER LANG/JOHN FAHEYTokomo C -I040 (5.98)three of the finest acoustic guitarists onthe musical scene today demonstrate whytheir reputation is of such a lofty nature.Kottke's brilliance is especially evident on"Cripple Creek" and "Anyway;" Lang'sgenius is aglow on "St. Charles Shuffle;"and Fahey's agility is well represented on"Sunflower River Blues."

SOPRANO SUMMITBOB WILBER/KENNY DAVERN-World Jazz

WJLP-S-5 15.981Wilber and Davern join forces here withDick Hyman, Bob Rosengarten, BuckyPizzarelli, George Duvivier and Milt Hin-ton to add a '70s flair to jazz oldies.Connoisseurs will thrill to renditions ofthe Ellington standard "The Mooche,"Bechet's piece -de -resistance "The FishVendor" and the classic "Song of Songs."

NOW AND FOREVERLETTERMEN-Capitol SW -11319 15.981The trio that has been captivating crowdssince their first major hit of "The WayYou Look Tonight" in 1961 continues toride high 13 years later with their specialsoft -styled harmonies. Their vast votarywill surely flock to the stores for this one,with "Touch Me In The Morning/The WayWe Were" topping the set.

THE FINGER POINTERSTHE CHOICE FOUR-RCA APLI-0643 15.98)Van McCoy production of the funky four-some enables the skillful vocalists todebut with optimum effect. The musician-ship is superb with the likes of JohnTropea, David Spinozza and McCoy him-self embellishing the rhythmic tracks. Thebumpy title track single is already ac-cumulating attention and "The WomanI'm Being True To" is outstanding as well.

THE SONGS OF JIM WEATHERLYBuddah BOS 5608 (6.98'One of contemporary music's most popu-lar tunesmiths makes his Buddah bow asoft and sensitive one. His lyrics arepoignant and hard-hitting, as he ballad-eers his way through the grooves, dolingeasy listening pleasure in abundance."My First Day Without Her" and "YouAre a Song" are heart-warming.

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PERFORMANCEESTHER PHILLIPS-Kudu KU -18 ICU) (6.981The penetrating vocal style of this topcalibre thrush has for too long gonewithout the great public recognition de-served, but slowly and assuredly Ms.Phillips is garnering widespread acclaim,and this disc is the one to send her tothe summit. She is a true artiste, with veri-fication especially evident on "Such aNight" and "I Feel The Same."

ELLINGTONIAL! JOHNNY HODGESVARIOUS ARTISTS-Onyx 216 (5.98)A wonderful collection spanning 18 yearsof the alto saxist's career beginning withan Ellington big -band set from 1946 rightthrough to some previously unreleasedmaterial recorded as part of an educa-tional series in 1964. The highlights runfrom Billy Strayhorn's "Midriff" to thebluesy "We Fooled You" and Hodges andGonsalves on "Good Queen Bess."

BROKEN RAINBOWSMICHAEL D'ABO-A&M SP -3634 (6.981On his second A&M effort this originalManfred Mann-ite receives super ElliotMazer production and is ably abetted byMike Bloomfield, Graham Nash andsuperb session guitarist Teddy Irwin. Heperforms his well-known, self -penned"Handbags & Gladrags," with "Fuel toBurn" and "Sitting on a Wooden Floor"excelling too. FMers listen!

GREAT CONNECTIONSOSCAR PETERSON-BASF MC 21281 (6.98)Jazz pianist supreme joins forces withbassist N.H. Orsted-Pedersen and drum-mer Louis Hayes, making for a smoothsailing set. Ellington's "Just Squeeze Me"is lovingly rendered; "Younger ThanSpringtime" is a fast -paced pleaser; andGoodman's "Soft Winds" is a jazz de-votee's delight. A veritable audio treat!

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENTSAMMY DAVIS, JR.-MGM M3G 4965 (6.98)The man regarded by many as the biggestall-around talent in show businessbreezes through some of the finest songsto emerge from those glorious MGMmusicals. Best of the batch is a medley ofAstaire favorites (feauring the classic "IGuess I'll Have To Change My Plans")and Bandwagon's bijou "A Shine OnYour Shoes."

BAD HABITSHEADSTONE-Dunhill DSD-50174 .98)Former leader/founder of Rare Bird,Mark Ashton, has gone on to accumulatea new assemblage for this ABC debut.I he European single, "High On You," is arichly rocking selection that possessespotent commercial appeal Stateside, too.The up -tempo tunes are the best-theaforementioned track and "Take A Plane."

COSMIC FUNKLONNIE LISTON SMITH 8 THE COSMIC ECHOES-

Flying Dutchman BDL1-0591 (RCA) (6.981Jazz takes a funky turn, as Smith andhis band of movin' musicmen team theirtalents up with fine Bob Thiele produc-tion. Jazz and FM stations could programthe selections well, with "Peaceful Ones"and Coltrane's "Naima" sure to garnerattention and acclaim.



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Capricorn: A Person -to -Person Record CompanyBy RITA TURNER

Frank Fenter Diana Kaylan

el On the occasion of Capricorn's fifth anniversary, Capricorn executivevice president Frank Fenter and director of advertising Diana Kaylanspeak in this Dialogue of their pride in the company's accomplish-ments and of what lies ahead for the Macon -based label.

Record World: With Capricorn's home base located in Macon,what unique situations are created in coordinating the activities ofthe company within the industry, specifically with Warners?

Frank Fenter: None really. It is no different than if you were inHollywood. It's exactly the same. One has to travel. If you're in L.A.you have to work with New York, and if you're in New York you haveto work with L.A. National companies obviously can service from thewest coast, and we service in the same way.

Diana Kaylan: You would think there would be a problem in-herent in the fact that there is a time difference, but the people inMacon usually stay very late. They are very industrious people becauseit is such a personal company. As for Macon being almost 3,000miles away, there really isn't too much problem communicating theirideas and the ideas of both Larry Saul and myself to Warner Bros.,because they are usually the same.

RW: How large is the Capricorn office in Los Angeles, and whatfunction does it serve?

Kaylan: There are three of us here: Lynn Richardson, who assistsboth Larry and myself, Larry Saul, vice president and general managerof Capricorn, and I'm director of advertising and creative services.Larry's main function is as a liaison between Capricorn and WarnerBros., setting up album and single schedules, album release sched-ules and checking on packaging. He really deals with all facets ofWarner Bros. in making sure that ideas from Macon are communi-cated to Warner Bros., and are followed through. It's difficult to givedetails on his job, because it's really a liaison function. As a prob-lem comes up, Larry takes care of it for Capricorn, and obviously,because he's situated in Los Angeles, he can take care of it a lotquicker than someone in Macon usually can. I handle all advertising,initiating schedules for advertising, initiating the ads and radio andtelevision spots, the graphics, and then the media placements as well.That is a function that I did not have the opportunity to do at WarnerBros. during the three years that I worked there. I performed thefunction of planning campaigns, and as far as I'm concerned, acomplete campaign is planned with the total look in mind, and nowI can do that. The Elvin Bishop "Let It Flow" campaign was plannedfrom beginning to end with an entire image incorporating the album,the package and the total campaign. The same applies to Wet Willie,which was probably the most comprehensive campaign Capricorn hasundertaken.

RW: Recently Capricorn expanded to include a promotion staffbased here in Los Angeles, and a director of sales located in Macon.

Is Capricorn seeking "self-contained" status, or were there problemsoriginating from being affiliated with such a large company?

Fenter: No, we are not looking for self-contained status. We'vealways been very self -determined and we have always wanted toguide our own future within the auspices of a great conglomeratelike Warner Bros. We are not trying to build up an independentorganization, we're trying to build up an independent organizationwithin the Warner Bros. organization. The reason that I believe ournational sales office should be in Macon instead of on the west coastis because you can travel to either coast in the same amount of time,and he deals with most of our promotion men constantly, in addi-tion to meeting with Phil and myself all of the time. It makes sensefor him to be in Macon. Larry Saul is on the west coast becausehe is the general manager of the company, and he is there to seethat our day to day process at Warner Bros.-be it advertising, be itprinting of sleeves, promotion, whatever-functions in each depart-ment. At Warner Bros., every day we have someone going by whois the general manager of Capricorn Records.

Kaylan: We are manufactured by Warner Bros., and distributedthrough WEA. Therefore we are distributed with a lot of other labels,so we find it necessary to establish our own priorities. Warner Bros.sometimes has priorities that differ from ours, and with the increaseof our sales and the company as an entity within the industry, it wasnecessary to create the additional staff. Obviously the sales, promo-tion and advertising directors at Warner Bros. do not have time todevote their entire attention to Capricorn product, and we knowthat our producers and our acts deserve that attention.

RW: Does Capricorn utilize Warners' art facilities or creativeservices?

Kaylan: Yes we do, especially on merchandising campaigns. I workvery closely with Adam Somers at Warners in initiating and followingthrough the merchandising campaigns. On advertising campaigns, I

work with Shelley Cooper and Ed Thrasher on the look of some ofour ads. I would say that most of the ads themselves I do indepen-dently. However, on the implementation of the campaigns I workvery closely with the Warners staff. Working with so many talentedpeople, we really have a tremendous opportunity to create cohesivecampaigns, with major thrusts that involve all elements of the com-pany at one time.

Fenter: "We are not trying to build up an in-dependent organization, we're trying to buildup an independent organization within theWarner Bros. organization."

RW: Diana, you mentioned your experience working at Warners.Would you describe the difference in working for such a large labelcompared to working with a label the size of Capricorn.

Kaylan: There are many differences, but I would not necessarilyattribute them to the fact that Capricorn is a small label, but insteadto the people who are at its head, Phil Walden and Frank Fenter.It is a very personal label, and the executive heads of the companytake a personal part in every function of the company. This obvi-ously creates a better relationship among the employees of Capri-corn. I find it very gratifying working for a smaller company, inparticular Capricorn.

RW: Recently Capricorn instigated a full-scale expedition intocountry music, initiated by the signings of Kitty Wells and KennyO'Dell. What created the interest in country music, and what furtherplans are involved with the country expansion?

Fenter: We have always been a full-fledged record company. Wedon't have any musical prejudice, and we've always intended to gointo every aspect of music. I don't think that we will ever go MOR,but we've always anticipated being in r&b, we've always anticipatedbeing in country, and top -40. We're not just a one -handed record




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(The following is the first in a multi -part series on key breakout stations across the country.)

SEATTLE-KJR, Seattle, has be-come one of the most -watchedradio stations by national tradesand tip sheets because it con-sistently tips off the potential ofrecords long before most im-portant stations consider them forairplay. So, even though mostestimates say that Seattle canmove a maximum of 15,000 rec-ords, this city, due to the pre-sence of KJR, is an importantbreakout market for the successor failure of records. In an ex-clusive interview with RecordWorld, KJR's widely -respectedMD, Gary Shannon, talked abouthis station and the Seattle mar-ket, a breakout area with a popu-lus that responds quicker to newproduct and exciting new groupsthan other markets.

The PlaylistKJR plays somewhere around

40 current records which arebroken into categories. Shannoncalls this the "KJR music list andnothing but that," and not a re-flection of the top 40 records inSeattle. The top 20 are the "hits."These twenty are determined bysales, sales and response projec-tions, the gut feelings of key sta-tion personnel and phone re-quests. The next 10 records arebased strictly on a projection ofthe gut feelings and phone re-sponse to records, with new ad-ditions and records with less re-sponse rounding out the playlist.Approximately five new recordsare added each week at a Tues-day meeting which is attended bythose who decide the music tobe played: Shannon, PD Nick An-thony and Ric Hansen. There isno exact formula or science thatdetermines the results of themeeting. The station is "not asuper research -oriented one,"but one which attempts to pick

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the music the public will reactto. Then they let the people de-cide the results of their action.The basic goal of the three pro-grammers is to find "hit songs"(even if they are not yet releasedsongs from albums) and playthem to determine a reactionfrom the marketplace.

Last week KJR added three rec-ords which can be labeled "un-safe" (not sure hits). Each wasadded on its own merits as wellas what the combination woulddo for the station and for thepeople of Seattle. They went onthe just -released first single fromthe Souther, Hillman, Furay Band(Asylum) because they were "im-pressed by the attention given bymany stations to the record as anIp cut as well as the excitementgenerated by the new band, goodalbum sales, and its potential forappeal to the 18-24 audienceslot." Peter Noone's new single(Casablanca) was added becauseof its cross -demographic appealto not only teens and sub -teensbut its nostalgia appeal to adultfemales. Without an album or anysignificant support elsewhere,Shannon feels this was the most"unsafe" of the three. Leon Hay-wood (20th Century) was put onfor its acceptance by the pro-grammers, taking note of regionalaction elsewhere and its feel asa potential hit.

Outside Sources

KJR does do sales surveys of itsmarket, reaching out for infor-mation from ABC Records andTapes racks which cover the K -Mart and Valu-Mart stores in itsarea as well as receiving informa-tion from Tosh's One -Stop andsome selected retail shops in thearea. Shannon also mentionedthat the station pays attention tothe national trades and certaintip sheets, particularly the BillGavin Report. They also used in-put from KJRB as well as WCOL,WOKY, KILT and KTAC.

Hits And MissesShannon stressed that every-

thing on the station does nothave the same rotation. The staffhas a "most exposure list" of therecords that are "hot." They alsopay extra attention to recordswhich their own projections com-bined with input from listenersand national projections dictate.

Exciting FormatNot everything the station

chooses can be a hit, so they arewilling to be wrong on a record,which is sometimes the result ofhaving a new and exciting format.This kind of programming in a

market that has become as im-portant as Seattle sometimesmakes them the good guys whena record hits and sometimesmakes them the bad guys whenthe record does not. But the endresult is that as many of the"record breakers" go, so goesthe entire country.

Flo and Eddie ShowGets Syndication HOLLYWOOD - The Flo andEddie Show, last heard locally inLos Angeles, is now syndicated onKMET. The show which debutedSaturday night (10) at midnightwill be aired in 25 markets.

The show, which has a com-pletely live atmosphere, is totallycustomized to suite the needs ofeach individual market, includingthe intro and the IDs for the show.The pair will conduct informalliving room conversations withartist/friends. The first guest onthe new show will be HarryNilsson.

Stations airing the show includeWVV-FM Boston, WIIN Atlanta,WHCN-FM Hartford, WNAT-FMIndianapolis, KFIG-FM Fresno,WABX-FM Detroit, WORJ-FM Or-lando and WCMF-FM Rochester.

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

M Olivia Newton -John (MCA). Smash of the Week!Debuting as chartmaker on Record World's SinglesChart, the record garnered KLIF, WRKO, KFRC, KIMN,KILT, WPIX and WCOL as a night extra.

Barry White (20th Century). This r&b giantcontinues his relentless success. Additions thisweek include: WRKO, KFRC, KILT, WIXY and KSLQ. Someexcellent moves this week are: 19-9 CKLW, 28-21 WQXI,22-14 WPIX, 28-24 WTIX, 39-30 WCOL and 35-29 KLIF.

Eric Clapton (RSO). With his ipholding the #1 spot on The Record WorldAlbum Chart this week and the singlemost definitely heading for the samespot, the RSO artist maintainsconsistent positive action on radiocharts everywhere: 10-8 WDGY, 34-18WQAM, 10-4 13Q, 20-11 WHBQ, 16-10KFRC, 28-17 KHJ, HB-25 CKLW, 10-4

KIMN, 15-8 WQXI, 9-5 WOKY, 12-6 KILT, 24-16 WIXY,27-12 WFIL, 23-18 WIBG and 5-2 WSAI; also filling inthe marketplace with adds at WPIX and WTIX.

Stevie Wonder (Tamla). Another sureshot for theTamla superstar, "You Haven't Done Nothing" takessome nice jumps on stations where aired: 36-27 KLIF,40-17 KILT, HB-28 WMAK and 38-25 WCOL. Additions thisweek include: WQAM, WQXI and WIBG.

Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners (Atlantic). Nowa confirmed pop smash this new combination of supertalents garners the key stations needed to clear theway to the top. They include: KLIF, WRKO, WHBQ, KFRC,KHJ, WOKY, WMAK, and WFIL. The record takes asignificant jump on major crossover station, CKLW13-7.

Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) looks like a definite hit forthe southern group. Additions this week are: WDGY,WRKO, WOKY, WIBG and WFUN with many fine jumps on


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1. BODY HEATQUINCY JONES-A&M SP 3617

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3. SCOTT JOPLIN: THE RED BACK BOOKGUNTHER SCHULLER-Angel S 36060

4. CROSSWINDSBILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 7300

5. STREET LADYDONALD BYRD-Blue Note LA 040-F (UA)

6. SPECTRUMBILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 7268

7. SCOTT JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS,VOLS. 1 & 2

JOSHUA RIFKIN-Nonesuch HB 73026(Elektra)

8. REGGAEHERBIE MANN -Atlantic SD 1655

9. MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLERWEATHER REPORT -Columbia KC 32494

10. APOCALYPSEMAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA -

Columbia KC 3295711. YESTERDAYS

GATO BARBIERI-Flying DutchmanBDL1 0550 (RCA)

12. LOVE, SEX, AND THE ZODIACCANNONBALL ADDERLEY-Fantasy F 9445

13. MAGIC AND MOVEMENTJOHN KLEMMER-Impulse AS 9269 (ABC)

BDL1-0550 (RCA)

14. TREASURE ISLANDKEITH JARRETT-Impulse AS 9274 (ABC)

15. POWER OF SOULIDRIS MUHAMMAD-Kudu 917 (Motown)

16. I AM NOT AFRAIDHUGH MASEKELA-Blue Thumb BTS 6015

17. WINTER IN AMERICAGIL-SCOTT HERON -Blue Thumb BTS 6015

18. VISIONSPAUL HORN -Epic KE 32837

19. BIG FUNMILES DAVIS-Columbia PG 32866

20. ONEBOB JAMES-CTI 6043 (Motown)

21. BLACKBYRDSFantasy F 9444

22. LOVE IS THE MESSAGEMFSB-Phila. Intl. KZ 32707 (Columbia)

23. WHIRLWINDSDEODATO-MCA 410

24. DEODATOEUMIR DEODATO-CTI 6029 (Motown)

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29. BLACK BYRDDONALD BYRD-Blue Note LA047-F (UA)

30. LONDON UNDERGROUNDHERBIE MANN -Atlantic SD 1648

31. IN CONCERTFREDDIE HUBBARD & STANLEY

TURRENTINE-CTI 6044 (Motown)

32. JAMALCAAHMAD JAMAL-20th Century T 432

33. LAYERSLES McCANN-Atlantic SD 1642

34. HYMN OF THE SEVENTH GALAXYRETURN TO hOREVER FEATURING CHICK

COREA-Polydor PD 5536

35. IN CONCERTDEODATO-AIRTO-CTI 6041 (Motown)

36. BLUES ON BACHMODERN JAZZ QUARTET -

Atlantic SD 1652

37. LEAVING THIS PLANETCHARLES EARLAND/FREDDIE HUBBARD-

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38. SALT PEANUTSSUPERSAX-Capitol ST 11271

39. AFRICA BRASS SESSIONSJOHN COLTRANE-Impulse AS 9273

40. UNSUNG HEROESCRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTS 6007

Mangione Makes Music A Challenge for Youth

NEW YORK -"In most educa-tional experiences, no one'sreally challenging the kids. I'veseen them rise to the occasion."

Chuck Mangione is one of anincreasing number of classicallyschooled jazz and pop artistsdedicated to giving aspiringyoung musicians a chance tolearn what making live music isall about -by giving them theopportunity to perform. "What'slost in professionalism," he says,"is gained in enthusiasm." Andthe words are not empty. WhenMangione plays the MontereyJazz Festival this September, hewill be using an orchestra madeup of high school students.

This interest in young musi-cians stems from a variety ofexperiences, the most specificbeing how "school didn't providethe direction I wanted." Man-gione, a flugelhornist-composer-arranger and conductor, hassought to integrate classical andjazz forms, something the East-man School of Music didn't offerhim and something he feelsshould be available for thosewho follow him.

Dick Hyman:

Keepin' Jelly Rollin' NEW YORK -Two men a re-vival don't make -but they sureare trying. And while Bob Greenehas been receiving the lion's shareof publicity for his re -creations ofJelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Pep-pers and the arrangements theyused, Dick Hyman is coming upstrong with his transcriptions ofthe Morton piano solos arrangedfor orchestra.

Commissioned WorkCommissioned by the Colum-

bia Masterworks label, "Ferdinand'Jelly Roll' Morton" represents ayear's formal research by Hymaninto Morton's work as a composerand soloist. Digging out the 78she used to listen to with hisbrother, listening to a 12 -recordLibrary of Congress series anddelving in to Bob Altshuler's 78collection he studied and tran-scribed the music.

The record, says Hyman, a

long-time New York studio musi-cian and arranger, is not a re-creation of Morton's originalwork, "but things he might nothave had the chance to do." Thussome of the tunes are orches-trated for an 18 -piece band, somefor ten pieces, some for trio, andthere is one piano solo to placethe whole work in perspective.(Among the featured soloists isjazz violinist Joe Venuti.)

According to Hyman, reactionhas been strongly favorable from


By IRA MAYER

Chuck Mangione

Another factor involved inMangione's championing ofyoung musicians comes from thepop world's "superstar syn-drome" whereby fame comes and.goes in relatively quick cycles.The problem, Mangione ex-plained to Record World recently,is one of a lack of perspective asto where the music has comefrom. "I'm no great historian,"he said, "but improvised musichas an impressive career andmuch of it is on record." Un-fortunately, he maintains, few ofthe young jazz musicians seemto be listening to the older ma-terial -only the newest.

Mangione tours extensivelyboth in this country and in Eur-

ope (he plays Los Angeles August24 at Shrine Auditorium, and willparticipate in George Wein's Eu-ropean Newport fesivals) usinghis own band and occasionallyplaying with symphony orches-tras. And although he finds theorchestral situation somewhat re-strictive in that he usually has toconduct (making it difficult to actas a soloist), he finds the disci-pline involved a good exerciseand enjoys the interplay of ele-ments. For Chuck Mangione it'sa challenge -much in the way heseeks to challenge the up-and-coming in his field.

Ira Mayer

Fresh Start ToursMI LOS ANGELES - Fresh Start(Dunhill), set to debut on thewest coast at the Whisky nextmonth, has returned to the roadon the second leg of their na-tional trek with BachMan-TurnerOverdrive. While in Los Angeles,appearances for the group on "InConcert" and "The MidnightSpecial" are expected to befirmed up. Chalice Productions isspearheading ABC's promotionalefforts behind the group's album"What America Needs . . ." andsingle, "Free."

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The Capricorn Studio Is Homemade MACON - Perhaps the mostimportant link in the chain of themusic process is the recordingstudio. It is there that the creativeenergies of singers, musicians,producers, engineers and a hostof other technicians are concen-trated on reels of tape that dictatethe future of the recording artistand the record label itself. Con-sidering these facts, CapricornRecords has spent considerabletime and money in the buildingof the Capricorn Sound Studios inMacon, located five blocks awayfrom the company's administra-tive offices.

Furniture StoreThe rainbow -colored building

that used to be a furniture storewas rebuilt as a studio some fiveyears ago. In their search for per-fection, Capricorn has changedthe studios' set-up three times,the final change coming under thedirection of Westlake Audio oneyear ago. Capricorn Sound grewfrom its original equipment offour tracks to eight, and now to24 tracks in, 16 out. In addition,the studios contain one four -trackmachine, and two two -track ma -

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chines. The quad control roomemploys Studer machines and anAssociated Processes controlboard.

The studios are under the direc-tion of Capricorn a&r vice-presi-dent Johnny Sandlin. Johnny, amusician himself, was a formermember of Hourglass, a band thatincluded Duane and Gregg All-man. Sandlin moved to Macon in1969 as a studio drummer andsoon became involved in pro-ducing records. His credits withCapricorn include The AllmanBrothers Band's "Brothers andSisters," Gregg Allman's "LaidBack," Wet Willie's "Drippin'Wet," Johnny Jenkins' "Ton -TonMacoute" and the upcomingRichard Betts album, "HighwayCall."

Sandlin's staff includes: OvieSparks, chief engineer; SamWhiteside, engineer; Dennis Dar-ling, maintenance engineer; andTony Humphreys, Carolyn Harriss,and Richard Schoff, tape techni-cians. In addition to Sandlin, PaulHornsby has lent his talents, bothas a musician and a producer, tomany Capricorn artists, includingthe Marshall Tucker Band's twoalbums and the recent debut ofGrinderswitch on record. AaronRoberts is in charge of the studio'sover-all operation.


CONGRATULATIONS

Phil WaldenFrank Fenter

Capricorn Recordson a Feat Fifth

Joe SullivanSound Seventy Productions, Inc.

Capricorn Country Flourishing MACON - Capricorn Recordsentered the country music fieldin 1973 with the signing of writer/musician/performer Kenny O'-Dell. Kenny has written suchsongs as "Beautiful People,""Next Plane to London," "If It'sAlright With You," "I Take It OnHome" and "Behind ClosedDoors," the biggest country songof 1973. "Behind Closed Doors"garnered the NARAS Grammy forBest Country Song of the Year, aswell as the Country Music Asso-ciation's award as Best Song ofthe Year. Kenny recently com-pleted his first album for Capri-corn, titled "Kenny O'Dell." Setfor an August 9th release, the al-bum was recorded at Nashville'sSound Shop Studio, and was writ-ten and produced by Kenny.Songs on the record include "Be-hind Closed Doors," "House ofLove," "Let's Go Find SomeCountry Music" and "You BetYour Sweet, Sweet Love."

In December of 1973, Capri-corn signed "The Queen of Coun-try Music," Miss Kitty Wells. Thecountry music industry took no-tice of Capricorn Records whenit learned that Miss Wells was

Frank Fenter(Continued from page 22)job with Chappell Music Publish-ing representing the Chess andLiberty catalogues. From there,Frank moved over to the ArcMusic catalogue under Gene andHarry Goodman and worked therefor 18 months. A renewed ac-quaintanceship with then Yard -birds producer Georgio Gomelskyled to the Yardbirds recordingsome old Willie Dixon songs pub-lished by Arc. At a reception,Gomelsky introduced Fenter toRoland Rennie, who then waspresident of Polydor Records inEurope. Rennie offered Fenter ajob as label manager for AtlanticRecords in England.

Frank Fenter first met Phil Wal-den at London's Kensington Pal-ace Hotel in October, 1966. Thetwo were arranging for Otis Red -ding's appearance on the BritishTV show, "Ready, Steady, Go!"The meeting resulted in Reddingbecoming the first artist to havean entire "Ready, Steady, Go!"solely devoted to himself. Waldenand Fenter became very goodfriends in a short time, and laterput together the monumental "Hitthe Road Stax" show. Comprisedof Otis Redding, Sam & Dave,Eddie Floyd, Booker T. and theMGs, Arthur Conley and the Mar -keys, the show blasted throughEurope on 21 dates. Frank becamelabel manager of Atlantic Recordsin Europe and made frequentstops in Macon whenever histravels brought him near thesouthern states.


leaving her lifetime recordingcontract with MCA to record forCapricorn. Her first single forCapricorn was the Bob Dylansong, "Forever Young," producedby Johnny Sandlin and PaulHornsby in Macon at CapricornSound, the first time Miss Wellshad recorded outside Nashville.Her first album for Capricorn isnow completed and includes suchtunes as "I've Been Loving YouToo Long," "Do Right Woman,""Too Stubborn," "The Loving'sOver" and her new single, "WhatAbout You."

Bobby Thomson is anothermember of Capricorn's rapidly ex-panding country roster. A veteranof television's "Hee-Haw" andcountless recording sessions inNashville, Bobby is one of thecountry's premier banjo pickers.He recently played on Paul Mc-Cartney's Nashville sessions.

Pretty Chris Christman is a

country artist getting considerablecrossover airplay for her first Cap-ricorn single, "Apron Strings."Chris, who had previously beena member of the groups Ivory,Lip Service and Good Grief, wasdiscovered by her producer JerryFuller. Chris is currently at work


Phil Walden(Continued from page 22)Agency) and establishing twosheet music publishing outfits(Rear Exit and No Exit Music).

"This business is like a lot ofother businesses," Walden said."But with a relatively small labellike Capricorn, we're able to giveall of our artists individual atten-tion and help them in their re-cording careers because of it."

Of course, Capricorn isn't reallywhat one would consider to bea small record company anymore.The list of artists continues togrow, and their records continueto place high on the charts.

Such acts as the Marshall TuckerBand, Wet Willie, Martin Mull,Livingston Taylor, Elvin Bishop,Kenny O'Dell, Kitty Wells andDexter Redding (Otis Redding's13 -year old son), enhance thelabel's image and Walden's repu-tation.

In Macon, a stranger can askalmost any native about PhilWalden, and hear the downhomereply, "No, I never met him, butI've heard of him."

A lot of other folks have heardof Walden too and they will con-tinue to hear from him, his actsand his recording company in thefuture. The creative atmospherehas lived in Macon for years (asevidenced by the early careersthere of Redding, Little Richard,and James Brown).

It just took a fellow named PhilWalden to bring that creativity tothe fore.



You set the South to music. Congratulations and best wishes.


Capricorn's Barbecue Bash

The annual Capricorn Barbecue feting the artists, employees and associates ofthe Macon -based label, recently took place with a gala celebration. Pictured above,enjoying the festivities are (from left), top row: Gregg Allman, Capricorn Recordspresident Phil Walden and Mrs. Phil Walden standing at the shoreline; Mo Ostin andFrank Fenter chatting after a hearty meal; Mike Hyland, vice president in charge ofpublic relations for Capricorn and Clyde Bakemmo, executive director of a&r forWarners taking a break between activities; Jack Hall of the Wet Willie Band taking

Capricorn Studio(Continued from page 24)

Johnny Sandlin is justifiablyproud of the entire CapricornSound operation. He feels thatMacon's "laid-back" musical en-vironment has provided the bestatmosphere possible to create thebest sounds possible. And sincethe studio is an in-house arrange-ment, it is used exclusively byCapricorn recording artists.

Recent activity at the studioshas included Hydra's initial al-bum, produced by Dan Turber-ville; Elvin Bishop's first CapricornIp, produced by Johnny Sandlin;Grinderswitch's debut album, pro-duced by Paul Hornsby; JamesMontgomery Band's upcoming re-lease, produced by Tow Dowd;and current sessions by the Mar-shall Tucker Band. All this busi-ness is keeping the 24 -hour oper-ation at Capricorn Sound quitebusy.

Frank Fenter(Continued from page 24)

In August, 1969, Phil Waldenmet with Frank Fenter and askedhim to come to Macon and joinin the new Capricorn Recordscompany. Walden played Fentera new group that Walden hadsigned. The group was the AllmanBrothers Band. "When Phil playedme the Allman Brothers tape,"said Frank, "I knew we had some-thing. I never doubted for a sec-ond that we'd knock 'em dead!"

Going Strong

That was five years ago; and asCapricorn's executive vice presi-dent, Frank Fenter is still goingstrong. He takes great pride inthe fact that Capricorn has thrivedon bringing new bands, new rec-ords and new acts to the forefrontof the music industry. "I don'tthink it takes any genius to get a


an after dinner walk. Middle row: Mrs. Gregg Allman chatting with Chuck Leaven,Allman Bros. Band piano player; a group of picnickers getting ready for a cruisearound the lake; Mo Ostin and Elmer Valentine, owner of the Whisky a Go Go;Mo Ostin and Frank Fenter nosing for a photographer at the end of the day.Bottom row: Hamming it up is Jimmy Hall, lead singer for Wet Willie; promoter BillGraham and Bette Midler looking like they just stepped out of the '50s; Gregg andJanice Allman; Bunky Odum of Capricorn Records.

Capricorn's Growthton and Scott Boyer), Martin Mull,and a growing list of others.

Since its inception five yearsago, Capricorn has claimed sevengold albums (five released by theAllman Brothers Band, one an an-thology of Duane Allman's guitar-ing, and Gregg Allman's solo ef-fort "Laid Back") and three plat-inum albums (for three releasesof the Allman Brothers Band).

Perhaps the most unique aspectof the Capricorn story focuses onthe company's use of its studio.

"A lot of people build studiosto rent as well as to recordbands," says Walden. "But wehave ours here for our artists; wedon't rent it out. We want ourbands to go in there and learnhow to use the facilities. It's quitea bit different from just playinglive concerts."

After five years, Capricorn (nowaffiliated with Warner Brothers

(Continued from page 22)

Records) is currently in the midstof an expansion into the countrymusic field (the original intentionof the label was to record rhythmand blues singers), a significantshift considering the primarilyrock -blues albums Capricorn hasturned out in the past.

Country Artists

The recently signed countryartists listed in the Capricornstable now include Miss KittyWells, the "Queen of CountryMusic;" composer Kenny O'Dell,who penned "Behind ClosedDoors" for Charlie Rich last yearand who is returning to live per-formances and recording after alengthy layoff; country -orientedmusician Larry Henley, as well asJohnny Darrell, Bobby Thompson,Chris Christman and Tom Mc-Keon.




RCA Releases 26 in August NEW YORK-A new album byHarry Nilsson, a Red Seal Tchai-kovsky and Ives festival and U.S.release of the Humperdinckopera, "Hansel and Gretel," star-ring Anna Moffo, Christa Ludwigand Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, leadoff a 26 -album release for Augustby RCA Records.

Seven Red Seal albums arebeing released simultaneously asdiscrete 4 -channel Quadradiscswhile three popular albums areappearing as Quadradiscs for thefirst time.

On the RCA label are "PussyCats," by Harry Nilsson; "StephenMichael Schwartz;" "The FingerPointers" by the Choice Four;"Porter'n' Dolly" by Porter Wag-oner and Dolly Parton; and "Sep-tober Energy" by Centipede.

From Red Seal-Tchaikovsky:Symphony No. 6 in B Minor withLeopold Stokowski conducting theLondon Symphony Orchestra;"Spectacular Overtures" by Eu-gene Ormandy and the Philadel-phia Orchestra; "Amazing Grace"by Sherill Milnes; Ives: SymphonyNo. 4 featuring Jose Serebrierconducting the London Philhar-monic Orchestra; Humperdinck:Hansel and Gretel starring AnnaMoffo, Christa Ludwig and Die-trich Fischer-Dieskau with theBavarian Rundfunk Orchestra con-ducted by Kurt Eichhorn; Ives:Symphony No. 2 with Eugene

HHV Teams

With Shearer LOS ANGELES-Hecht HarmanVukas Creative Communications,Inc. have announced the forma-tion of Karen Shearer Communi-cations, an independent publicrelations firm which will functionin association with HHV. KarenShearer was formerly public rela-tions director for MCA Recordsand has recently returned fromLondon where she establishedaffiliates for the two companies.

Rosenblatt to 20th Post

Herb Eiseman (left) president, 20th Cen-tury Music Corporation, and Russ Regan(right), president, 20th Century Records,have jointly announced the addition ofattorney Gerald Rosenblatt as directorof business affairs for both firms. Rosen-blatt will report directly to Regan onrecord business and Eiseman in conjunc-tion with publishing.

Ormandy conducting the Phila-delphia Orchestra; Tchaikovsky:Symphony No. 5 in E Minor andSymphony No. 4 in F Minor withEugene Ormandy conducting thePhiladelphia Orchestra; and "TheEntertainer" with organist VirgilFox.

Flying Dutchman - "WhateverHappened to Johnny Bothwell?"and "A Touch of Ragtime" byGeorge Segal and the ImperialJazzband.

Wooden Nickel-"R. I. P. Sie-gel-Schwall" by the Siegel -Schwa!! Band and "Mo" by MoMcGuire.

Camden-"Im Movin' On" byHank Snow; "Country and West-ern Jamboree" by various artists;"My Way" by Paul Anka; "TheThree Bells" by Jim, Ed Brown;"A Christmas Songbook" by theLiving Voices; and "20 GreatVictor Recordings of Songs from'That's Entertainment'."

Educational - "Classical Musicfor People Who Hate ClassicalMusic" and "Family Fun withFamiliar Music" by Arthur Fiedlerand the Boston Pops Orchestra.

CBS Cites Engineers NEW YORK - Calvin Roberts,vice president, operations market-ing, announced eight major en-gineering awards at the CBS Rec-ords Convention in Los Angeleslast week. The awards were givenfor outstanding achievementeither in the engineering, mixingor mastering of an album or sin-gle by an artist on the Columbiaor Epic label.

The eight major awards weregiven to CBS Records' staff engi-neers from New York, Nashvilleand San Francisco. The awards,with one exception, were givenfor studio engineering and mix-ing; one award was given forstudio mastering. The awardswere as follows:

Lou Bradley for the album andsingle "Behind Closed Doors,"the album "Very Special LoveSongs" and the single "The MostBeautiful Girl" (Charlie Rich);Glenn Kolotkin for the albums"Love Devotion Surrender" (San-tana/Mahavishnu) and "Wel-come" (Santana); Jack Ashkinazyfor the single "Love Me Like ARock" (Paul Simon); Roy Halleefor the album "Angel Clare" (ArtGarfunkel); and Tim Geelan andRuss Payne for the album "Live"(Johnny Winter).

Three additional engineerswere also cited for their contribu-tions to various CBS Records stu-dio projects over the past year.The three were M. C. Rather,George Horn and Casper Mon-dello.

WB Names Ed West

Business Affairs VP BURBANK - Mo Ostin, chair-man, and Joe Smith, president,have named Ed West to the posi-tion of vice president of businessaffairs for Warner Bros. Records.

Ed West

In his new position, West willbe responsible for administeringthe legal department, supervisingall artist contracts, negotiatingcontracts for licensing of WarnerBros. Records' product and nego-tiating joint ventures with othercompanies.

West will also be Warner Bros.Records' liaison for business withWEA International, conferingregularly with Neshui Ertegun andPhil Rose, heads of that company.

In his new position, West willreport directly to Smith andOstin.

Times Pacts withMandel and Sachs NEW YORK - Murray Deutch,president of the New York TimesMusic Publishing Corp., has an-nounced that he has formed apublishing company with Mandel& Sachs which will be known asDorchester Publishing.

Mandel & Sachs have just com-pleted the music and lyrics for"Gambler's Paradise," a stagemusical to star Alfred Drake andscheduled to open in Toronto inOctober. They are also currentlyworking on a musical film foryoung audiences with Weintraub -Heller Associates, an opera to bepresented at the 1976 MadewoodArts Festival and on the musicalscore for "Great Expectations," aRobert Fryer production.

McCormick toShadybrook Label LOS ANGELES-Gayle McCor-mick, former lead singer with"Smith," has signed an exclusive,long term contract with Shady -brook Records, Inc., it was an-nounced by Shadybrook's presi-dent, Joe Sutton. Miss McCor-mick's initial album for Shady -brook will be produced by JoePorter and distributed by FantasyRecords. Release date is sched-uled for mid -August.

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BALLERO Jerry Goldstein (Far Out, ASCAP) 98BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT

William DeVaughn (Coral Rock/Melomega, ASCAP) 58

BEACH BABY John Carter(John Carter, PRS) 46

BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Murray &Callander (Murray/Callander, ASCAP) 66

BOOGIE BANDS AND ONE NIGHT STANDSGreg Dempsey (Fez/Abernathy & Eye,BMI) 80

CALL ON ME James William Guerico(Big Elk, ASCAP) 11

CAN'T GET ENOUGHBad Company (Badco, ASCAP) 86

CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVEBarry White (Sa-Vette/January, BMI) 29

CAPTAIN HOWDY(Ricks/Lonely Goose, BMI) 91

CITY IN THE SKY Al Bell(Rhomers/NY Times, BMI) 74

CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN Jack Richardson(BLC/Walrus-Moore/Septima, BMI) 41

DON'T CHANGE HORSES Tower of Power(Len -Lon, BMI) 95

DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE Hal Davis(Erva, MI) 48

DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON MEGus Dudgeon (Big Pig/Leeds, ASCAP) 3

DOOR TO YOUR HEART Don Davis(Groovesville, BMI) 63

EARACHE MY EYE Lou Adler (India, ASCAP) 67EYES OF SILVER Ted Templeman

(Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) 79FALLIN' IN LOVE Richard Podolor

(Song Mountain, ASCAP) 87FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Joel Dorn,

Roberta Flack (Skyforest, BMI) 2FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHER

Ed Townsend (Cheritown, BMI) 64FISH AIN'T BITIN' McKinley Jackson

(Bullet -Proof, BMI) 34FREE Steve Barri/Chalice Prod.

(Donna Marta/Fifth Floor/Mappo TimePeriod, ASCAP) 96

FREE MAN IN PARIS (Crazy Cow, BMI) 50FUNKY PARTY Clarence Reid

(Sherlyn, BMI) 100GET OUT OF DENVER Bob Seger & Punch

(Gear, ASCAP) 90GOOD THINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER

Bobby Martin (Golden Fleece, BMI) 73HANG ON IN THERE BABY Johnny Bristol

(Bushka, ASCAP) 17HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE BEND

Silvester, Simmons & Gooding(Blackwood, BMI) 44

I HONESTLY LOVE YOU John Farrar(Irving/Woolnough/Broadside, BMI) 72

I LOVE MY FRIEND Billy Sherrill(Algee, BMI) 60

I SAW A MAN AND HE DANCED WITHHIS WIFE Snuff Garrett (Senor, ASCAP) 77

I SHOT THE SHERIFF Tom Dowd(Cayman, ASCAP

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John Farrar (Al Gallico, BMI) 57IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP

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Mike Curb (Venice, BMI) 16IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME

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Glimmer Twins (Promopub B. V.,35ASCAP)

KALIMBA STORY Wissert & White(Sagfire, BMI) 53

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Tommy Scott (Mills, ASCAP) 94MACHINE GUN James Carmichael (Jobete,

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MOONLIGHT SPECIAL Ray StevensAhab, BMI) 52

MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY(Dwarf, ASCAP) 85

MY LOVE Larry McKinley(McCartney/ATV, BMI) 76

MY THANG James Brown(Dynatone/Belinda, BMI) 56

NOTHING FROM NOTHING Billy Preston(Almo, ASCAP) 26

ON & ON Curtis Mayfield (Curtom, BMI) 40PLEASE COME TO BOSTON Jerry

Crutchfield (Leeds/Antique, ASCAP) 7RADAR LOVE Golden Earring

(Larry Shayne, ASCAP) 37RIKKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER

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TONIGHT) Doug Morris & Eric Stevens(Levine & Brown, BMI) 83

SUGAR BABY LOVE Wayne Bickerton(Pamscene/ATV, BMI) 42

SUGAR LUMP Leon Haywood(Homecoming/Jim-Edd, BMI) 82

SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE Jimmy lenner(Tree, BMI) 22

SWEET HOME ALABAMA Al Kooper(Duchess/Hustlers, BMI) 49

TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Randy Bachman(Ranbach/Top Soil, BMI) 12

TELL HER LOVE HAS FELT THE NEEDWilson & Caston (Stone Diamond, BMI;Jobete, ASCAP) 64

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD Stevie Wonder(Stein & Van Stock/Black Bull, ASCAP) 10

THAT'S NOT HOW IT GOES Mike Vernon(Crystal Jukebox, BMI) 92

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE Richards & TheHollies (Landers-Roberts/April, ASCAP) 38

THE MAN THAT TURNED MY MAMA ONBilly Sherrill (Tree, BMI) 62

THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED Murray &Callander (Murray/Callander, ASCAP) 1

THEN CAME YOU Thom Bell(Mighty Three, BMI) 28

THIS HEART Lambert & Potter(ABC -Dunhill, BMI) 55

TIME FOR LIVIN' Sly Stone(Stoneflower, BMI) 39

TIN MAN George Martin (WB, ASCAP) 75TRAVELIN' PRAYER Michael Stewart/

Family Prod. (Rippartha/Higher, ASCAP) 93WALK ON Neil Young (Silver Fiddle, BMI) 68WATERLOO Polar Music (Overseas, BMI) 9WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE Steve

Barri (American Dream, ASCAP) 32WILD THING Mike Hurst

(Blackwood, BMI) 21WILDWOOD WEED Gernhard & Lobo

(Parody, BMI) 6WOMBLING SUMMER PARTY Mike Batt

(April, ASCAP) 88YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD

Tom Catalano (Almo, ASCAP) 18YOU CAN'T BE A BEACON Stan Silver

(Martin Cooper/Fargo House, ASCAP) .. 61YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' Stevie

Wonder (Stein & Van Stock/Black Bull,ASCAP) 45

YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER Billy Jackson(Dramatis/Bacon Fat, BMI) 71

YOU WON'T SEE ME Brian Ahern(Maclen, BMI) 59

(YOU'RE) HAVING MY BABY Rick Hall(Spanka, BMI) 8

YOU'RE WELCOME, STOP ON BY BobbyWomack (Unart/Bobby Womack, BMI) 51

YOU GOT TO KEEP ON BUMPIN'Ronald Bell (Gang/Delightful, BMI) 81

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101 102 SURFIN' U.S.A. BEACH BOYS-Capitol 3924 (Arc, BMI)

102 103 WALL STREET SHUFFLE 1 Occ-UK 49203 (London) (Man -Ken, BMI)

103 - AIN'T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY BOBBY BLAND-Dunhill 15003 (ABC, ASCAP)

104 106 DO IT BABY MIRACLES-Tamla 754248F (Motown) (Jobete, ASCAP)

105 107 MIDNIGHT FLOWER FOUR TOPS-Dunhill 15005 (Bullet -Proof, BMI)

106 108 DANCING IN THE STREETS DOVELLS-Event EV 214 (Spring)(Jobete, ASCAP)

107 109 LIVE IT UP, PART 1 ISLEY BROTHERS-T-Neck ZS8.2254 (Col)

108 110 YOU TURNED MY WORLD AROUND FRANK SINATRA-Reprise 1208(Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI)

109 122 LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN B. W. STEVENSON-RCA PB 10012 (Purusha, BMI)110 111 RINGS REUBEN HOWELL-Motown M 1305F (Unart, BMI)111 114 IT'S RAINING RICK DERRINGER-Blue Sky ZS7-2753 (Col) (Derringer, BMI)112 118 SHANG-A-LANG TINKER'S MOON-Polydor 15091 (Martin /Outlet, PRS)113 119 RAINDROPS BARBARA ACKLIN-Capitol 3892 (Angelshel/Eight-Nine, BMI)114 - DANCING IN THE STREETS SWEET PETE-RCA APBO-0326 (Jobete, ASCAP)115 - SANGRIA WINE JERRY JEFF WALKER-MCA 40250 (Groper, BMI)116 120 ANOTHER LOVE STORIES-Kama Sutra 594 (Buddah) (Famous, ASCAP)117 - KEEP ON SEARCHING MARGIE ALEXANDER-Future Stars FSA 1005

(Stax) (Future Stars/East-Memphis, BMI)118 - MEET ME ON THE CORNER DOWN AT JOE'S CAFE PETER NOONE-

Casablanca NEB 0017 (Barry Mason/Mustana, PRS)119 126 YOU BILL WITHERS-Sussex 518 (Interior, BMI)120 123 YOU BRING OUT THE BEST IN ME NATURAL FOUR-Curtom CR 2000

(Buddah) (Silent Giant/Aopa, ASCAP)121 - ONE DAY AT A TIME MARILYN SELLARS-Mega 205 (Acoustic, BMI)122 125 LIGHT SHINE JESSIE COLIN YOUNG-Warner Bros. WB 7816

(Pigfoot, ASCAP)123 - SUMMER GIRL CRAIG RUHNKE-UA-XW506-W (Unart/Crunky, BMI)124 127 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT IN HARLEM CHARLIE THOMAS & THE DRIFTEERS-

Musicor MU 1498 (Arta!, ASCAP)125 128 THROW A PENNY BEE GEES-RSO SO 410 (Atlantic) (Casserole, BMI)126 129 BONEY FINGERS HOYT AXTON-A&M 1607 (Lady Jane/Irving, BMI)127 130 THE NEED TO BE JIM WEATHERLY-Buddah BDA 420 (Keca, ASCAP)128 132 A NEW ROCK AND ROLL MAHOGANY RUSH -20th Century TC 2111

(Bridgeport, BMI)129 134 UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE PARLIAMENT-Casablanca NEB 0013 (WB)

(Maibiz/Ricks, BMI)130 131 SAVE THE SUNLIGHT HERB ALPERT & THE T.J.B.-A&M 1542

(Low -Sal, BMI)131 133 HAPPINESS IS NEW YORK CITY-Chelsea 3000 (Mighty Three, BMI)132 124 ONE MAN BAND LEO SAYER-WB 7824 (Chrysalis, ASCAP)133 - IN THE BOTTLE BROTHER TO BROTHER-Turbo 039 (All Platinum)

(Brouhaha, ASCAP)

134 105 THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE JOE SIMON-Spring 149 (Polydor)(Gaucho/Belinda, BMI)

135 - FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON YVONNE FAIR-Motown 13067(Stone Agate, BMI)

136 - WILD NIGHT MARTHA REEVES-MCA 40274 (WB) (Caledonia Soul, ASCAP)137 - VIRGIN MAN SMOKEY ROBINSON-Tamla T54250F (Motown)

(Tamla, ASCAP)138 140 PRESIDENTIAL RAG ARLO GUTHRIE-Reprise 1211 (Howard Beach, ASCAP)139 113 WATERMELON MAN HERBIE HANCOCK-Columbia 4-46073

(Hancock, BMI)140 121 SWEET LADY MOMENTS-Stang 5054 (All Platinum) (Gambi, BMI)141 117 DANCE PARTY MUSIC CARL JAMES & JACKIE IRVIN-GRC 2007

(Actone/Power House, BMI)142 135 MIDNIGHT AND YOU SOLOMON BURKE-Dunhill D 15009

(Very Own, BMI)143 136 TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-Columbia 4-46059

(Blackwood/Teaumck, BMI)144 137 HARLEM SONG FADY EL KOURY-Jamie 1421 (Dandelion, BMI)145 138 1-2-3 CHAMBERS BROTHERS-Avco 4638 (Champion/Jobete/

Double Diamond, BMI)146 139 MY COO CA CHOO ALVIN STARDUST-Bell 45454 (Magnet, BMI)147 141 CAJUN MOON J.J. CALE-Shelter 40238 (MCA) (Audigram, BMI)148 142 MAIN LINE ASHFORD & SIMPSON-Warner Bros. 7811 (Nick -O -Val,

ASCAP)

149 143 WORSE COMES TO WORST BILLY JOEL-Columbia 4-46055(Home Grown/Tinker Street, BMI)

150 144 FAITH IN THE FAMILIES POCO-Epic 5-11141 (Fool's Gold, ASCAP)



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FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE ROBERTA FLACK/Atlantic 3203 10

DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME ELTON JOHN/MCA 40259 9

ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS/Haven 7003 (Capitol) 14

SIDESHOW BLUE MAGIC/Atco 6961 15

WILDWOOD WEED JIM STAFFORD/MGM 14737 7

PLEASE COME TO BOSTON DAVE LOGGINS/Epic 5-11115 14

(YOU'RE) HAVING MY BABY PAUL ANKA/United ArtistsXW454-W 7

13WATERLOO ABBA/Atlantic 3035TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD RUFUS/ABC 12010 11

CALL ON ME CHICAGO/Columbia 4-46062 9TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS BACHMAN-TURNER

OVERDRIVE/Mercury 73474

El 15 KEEP ON SMILIN' WET WILLIE/Capricorn 1143 (WB) 13

18 ROCK ME GENTLY ANDY KIM/Capitol 3895 1015 7 ROCK YOUR BABY GEORGE McCRAE/T.K. 1004 13

lin 22 I'M LEAVING IT (ALL) UP TO YOU DONNY & MARIEOSMOND/MGM 14735 6

17 19 HANG IN THERE BABY JOHNNY BRISTOL/MGM 14715 8

lin 21 YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD HELEN REDDY/Capitol 3897

19 5 RIKKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER STEELY DAN/ABC12014 15

30 I SHOT THE SHERIFF ERIC CLAPTON/RSO 500 (Atlantic) 6

EU 24 WILD THING FANCY/Big Tree 15004 (Atlantic) 11

22 23 SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE THREE DOG NIGHT/Dunhill 15001 7

23 9 ANNIE'S SONG JOHN DENVER/RCA APBO-0295 12

Ea 29 RUB IT IN BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK/ABC 12013 825 27 SHININ' ON GRAND FUNK/Capitol 3917 6

Ea 32 NOTHING FROM NOTHING BILLY PRESTON/A&M 1544 6

27 14 ROCK THE BOAT HUES CORP./RCA APBO-0232 14

Ezi 37 THEN CAME YOU DIONNE WARWICKE & SPINNERS/Atlantic 202 5

ED 36 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE BARRY WHITE/20th Century TC 2120 4

30 26 IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP ELVIS PRESLEY/RCAAPBO-0208 12

31 17 MACHINE GUN COMMODORES/Motown M1307F 10

Es 45 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE BO DONALDSON &THE HEYWOODS/ABC 12006 3

39 LET'S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER STYLISTICS/Avco 4640 4

34 28 FISH AIN'T BITIN' LAMONT DOZIER/ABC 12012 9

D 55 IT'S ONLY ROCK N' ROLL (BUT I LIKE IT) ROLLING STONES/RS 19301 (Atlantic) 2

36 38 KUNG FU CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom 1999 (Buddah) 8

37 25 RADAR LOVE GOLDEN EARRING/MCA 40202 13

38 31 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE HOLLIES/Epic 5-11100 17

ELI 49 TIME FOR LIVIN' SLY & THE FAMILY STONE/Epic 5-11140 6

40 33 ON AND ON GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Buddah 423 14

B 48 CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN GUESS WHO/RCA APBO-0324 5

51 SUGAR BABY LOVE RUBETTES/Polydor 14089 7

ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT CAT STEVENS/A&M 1602 3

HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE BEND MAIN INGREDIENT/RCA APBO-0305 7

YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T5425F (Motown) 2

BEACH BABY FIRST CLASS/UK 49002 (London) 4RINGS LOBO/Big Tree BT 175008 (Atlantic) 5

DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE/Motown M129F 5

SWEET HOME ALABAMA LYNYRD SKYNYRD/Sounds of the South/MCA 40258 4

FREE MAN IN PARIS JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 11041 4

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51 52 YOU'RE WELCOME, STOP ON BY BOBBY WOMACK/UA XW439-W 7

LEI 59 MOONLIGHT SPECIAL RAY STEVENS/Barnaby 604(Chess/Janus) 4

53 54 KALIMBA STORY EARTH WIND & FIRE/Columbia 4-46070 5

54 34 FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHER IMPRESSIONS/Curtom 1997 (Buddah) 17

55 35 THIS HEART GENE REDDING/Haven 7000 (Capitol) 15

56 40 MY THANG JAMES BROWN/Polydor 14244 11

57 41 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/MCA 40209 19

58 44 BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT WILLIAM DeVAUGHN/Roxbury BRBO-0236 18

59 42 YOU WON'T SEE ME ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 3868 19

60 71 I LOVE MY FRIEND CHARLIE RICH/Epic 8-20006 3

61 65 YOU CAN'T BE A BEACON (IF YOUR LIGHT DON'T SHINE)DONNA FARGO/Dot 17506 (Famous) 8

62 66 THE MAN THAT TURNED MY MAMA ON TANYA TUCKER/Columbia 4-46047 4

63 69 DOOR TO YOUR HEART DRAMATICS/Cadet 5704(Chess/Janus) 4

64 68 TELL HER LOVE HAS FELT THE NEED EDDIE KENDRICKS/Tamla T54249F (Motown) 3

En 74 ALL SHOOK UP SUZI QUATRO/Bell 45477 2

66 43 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO BO DONALDSON &THE HEYWOODS/ABC 11435 20

ca 86 EARACHE MY EYE CHEECH & CHONG/Ode 66102 (A&M) 2

68 72 WALK ON NEIL YOUNG/Reprise 1209 5

1111 76 RIVER'S RISIN' EDGAR WINTER/Epic 5-11143 4

70 73 SECRETARY BETTY WRIGHT/Alston 4622 (Atlantic) 5

Ea 80 YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER TYMES/RCA PB 10022 2

CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK

- I HONESTLY LOVE YOUOLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/MCA 40280

-,..MAR

73 75 GOOD THINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER ECSTASY, PASSION& PAIN/Roulette 7145 6

74 77 CITY IN THE SKY STAPLE SINGERS/Stax STA 0215 5

El 84 TIN MAN AMERICA/Warner Bros. 7839 2

76 79 MY LOVE MARGIE JOSEPH/Atlantic 3032 7

88 I SAW A MAN AND HE DANCED WITH HIS WIFE CHER/MCA 40273 2

78 82 LOVER'S CROSS MELANIE/Neighborhood NRA 4215(Famous) 4

79 81 EYES OF SILVER DOOBIE BROTHERS/WB 7832 4

87 BOOGIE BANDS AND ONE NIGHT STANDS KATHY DALTON/DiscReet DIS 1210 (WB) 2

81 83 YOU GOT TO KEEP ON BUMPIN' KAY GEES/Gang 321(Delite) 6

ca 89 SUGAR LUMP LEON HAYWOOD/20th Century TC 2103D - STEPPIN' OUT (GONNA BOOGIE TONIGHT) TONY

ORLANDO & DAWN/Bell 45-601 1

84 85 IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME SAMI JO/MGM South 7034 5

al 98 MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY (AND I'LL GO MINE)BOB DYLAN/Asylum 11043 2

D 100 CAN'T GET ENOUGH BAD COMPANY/Swan Song SS 70015 (Atlantic) 2

- FALLIN' IN LOVE SOUTHER, HILLMAN, FURAY BAND/Asylum E-45201 1

88 93 WOMBLING SUMMER PARTY WOMBLES/Col 3-10013 4

D - SKIN TIGHT OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73609 1

90 90 GET OUT OF DENVER BOB SEGER/Palladium/Reprise 1205 491 95 CAPTAIN HOWDY SIMON STOKES/Casablanca 1007 (WB) 4

92 94 THAT'S NOT HOW IT GOES BLOODSTONE/London 1055 3

93 - TRAVELIN' PRAYER BILLY JOEL/Columbia 3-10015 1

94 99 MA! HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME LENA ZAVARONI/Stax STA 0205 2

95 96 DON'T CHANGE HORSES TOWER OF POWER/WB 7828 3

96 - FREE FRESH START/DUNHILL 15002 1

97 97 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS NILSSON/RCA PB 10001 3

98 46 BALLERO WAR/UA XW 432-W 10

99 92 LOVE IS THE ANSWER VAN McCOY/Avco 4639 3

100 - FUNKY PARTY CLARENCE REID/Alston 4621 (Atlantic) 1

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FLASNMAKER OF THE WEEK

FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALESTEVIE WONDERTomb

THE FM AIRPLAY REPOT!

TOP FM AIRPLAY THIS WEEKFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-

Stevie Wonder-TamlaI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Ga Ilagher-

Polydor

WNEW-FM / NEW YORK

BORN AGAIN-Rare Bird-PolydorFACES YN REFLECTION-George Duke-

BASF

FANTASY FILM WORLD OF BERNARDHERMANN-London Phase 4

IRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-Polydor

OILY RAGS-Signature

ONE-Bob James-CTIOUTSIDE THE LAW-Epitaph--

Billingsgate

PHOEBE SNOW-Shelter

REGGAE-Herbie Mann-AtlanticROMANCE IS ON THE RISE-Genevieve

Waite-Paramour

WBCN-FM / BOSTON

ANTHOLOGY-Four Tops-Motown

ANTHOLOGY-Jr. Walker & the All Stars-Motown

JOHNNY SHINES & COMPANY-Bioqraph

LIVE CONVENTION-Fairport Convention-Island (Import)

LOVING YOU IS CHANGING ME (single)-Charles Mann-ABC

MACHINE GUN-Commodores-Motown

PHOEBE SNOW-Shelter

RAGS TO RUFUS-Rufus-ABC

WMM 4 -FM / PHILADELPHIA

BORN AGAIN-Rare Bird-PolydorI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-Joe Cocker

-A&MIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-

Polydor

LIVE AT DRURY LANE-Monty Python-Chari:.ma (Import)

SOLO CONCERTS-Keith Jarrett-ECM

Station rabiesappear in

alphabetical (taw.

WCMF-FM / ROCHESTER

BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT-William DeVaughn-Roxbury

BLUES & BLUEGRASS-Mike Auldridge-Takoma

IRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-Polydor

THE MIRROR-Spooky Tooth-IslandTROPIC APPETITES-Carla Bley-WattYOU DON'T NEED A REASON TO SING-

Douglas Dillard -20th Century

WBAB-FM / LONG ISLANDAVALANCHE-Mountain-WindfallCHILD OF THE NOVELTY-Mahogany

Rush -20th CenturyIN NEED OF TIME-Bloodstone-LondonLYDIA-Cold Blood-WBRUMBLE-Link Wray-PolydorSPACE RANGERS-Neil Merryweather-

MercuryTHE WONDER OF IT ALL-Heartsfield-

Mercury

WRNW-FM/WESTCHESTERBORN AGAIN-Rare Bird-PolydorDARYL WAY'S WOLF-LondonIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-

PolydorLEVIATHAN-MachQUO-Status Quo-A&MRUSH-MoonSTREET CREATURES-Jobriath-ElektraTHE SONGS OF JIM WEATHERLY-BuddahWHALE MEAT AGAIN-Jim Capaldi-

IslandYOU DON'T NEED A REASON TO SING-

Douglas Dillard -20th Century

WORJ-FM / ORLANDOBORN AGAIN-Rare Bird-PolydorFRANKIE MILLER'S HIGHLIFE-ChrysalisROCK YOUR BABY-George McCrae-TKTHE MIRROR-Spooky Tooth-IslandTHIRD ANNUAL PIPEDREAM-Atlanta

Rhythm Section-PolydorWILD HONEY & 20/20-Beach Boys-

WB

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE YOURSELF IN THEMORNING-Bonnie Koloc-Ovation

WABX-FM / DETROITDOWN TO EARTH-Undisputed Truth-

GordyFRIENDS-B. B. King-ABCHAMBURGER CONCERTO-Focus-AtcoPHOEBE SNOW-ShelterRUMBLE-Link Wray-Polydor

WEBN-FM / CINCINNATIANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT (single)-

Cat Stevens-A&MFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaHAMBURGER CONCERTO-Focus-AtcoI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MIT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL (single)-

Rolling Stones-Rolling StonesSTARS & STRIPES FOREVER-Nitty Gritty

Dirt Band-UAWHALE MEAT AGAIN-Jim Capaldi-

Island

WXRT-FM /CHICAGOAVALANCHE-Mountain-WindfallCHILD OF THE NOVELTY-Mahogany

Rush -20th CenturyFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-

Stevie Wonder-TamlaTHE GREAT PRETENDER-Michael Dinner

-FantasyWILD MAGNOLIAS-Polydor

KSHE-FM/ST. LOUISCHILD OF THE NOVELTY-Mahogany

Rush -20th CenturyFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaHERE COME THE WARM JETS-Eno-

IslandKAMIKAZE-Deke Leonard-UARUMBLE-Link Wray-PolydorTHE GREAT PRETENDER-Michael Dinner

-FantasyTHE MIRROR-Spooky Tooth-Island

KBPI-FM/ DENVERBORN AGAIN-Rare Bird-PolydorBROKEN RAINBOWS-Michael D)Abo-

A&MI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MI & II-Seals & Crofts-WBRUMBLE-Link Wray-PolydorSPACE RANGERS-Neil Merryweather-

Mercury

KPFT-FM / HOUSTONBLUES & BLUEGRASS-Mike Auldridge

Takoma

FRANKIE MILLER'S HIGHLIFE ChrysalisFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaHAMBURGER CONCERTO-Focus-AtcoHERE COME THE WARM JETS-Eno-

IslandIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-

PolydorKAMIKAZE-Deke Leonard-UAWILD MAGNOLIAS-Polydor

FM SLEEPER OF THE WEEK

B. OR LA.G ALL

1.B. 0.1011

IRISH TOUR '74RORY GALLAGHERPolydor

KZ EW-FM / DALLASFRIENDS-B. B. King-ABCFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker -A&MIT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL (singlel-

Rolling Stones-Rolling StonesMARTHA REEVES-MCAPHENOMENON-UFO-ChrysalisSMALL TALK-Sly & the Family Stone-

Epic

THE NIXON MADRIGAL (single)-Sweet Grass-Cycle

KDKB-FM / PHOENIXFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaHERE COME THE WARM JETS-Eno-

IslandJUST A TASTE OF THE KID-Bill Amesbury

-Casablanca

LOU CHRISTIE-3 BrothersSYREETA-MotownTHE MIRROR-Spooky Tooth-IslandTHE WORLD BECAME THE WORLD-

PFM-ManticoreUNFINISHED PICTURE-Rupert Hine-

Purple (Import)

KPRI-FM/ SAN DIEGOEARACHE MY EYE (single)-Cheech &

Chong-OdeSHEET MUSIC-10cc-UKSTREET PARTY-Black Oak Arkansas-

Atco

KOME-FM/ SAN . JOSEAVALANCHE-Mountain-WindfallCECILIO & KAPONO-ColCHILD OF THE NOVELTY-Mahogany

Rush -20th CenturyFRANKIE MILLER'S HIGHLIFE-ChrysalisFRIENDS-B. B. King-ABCILLUSIONS ON A DOUBLE DIMPLE-

Triumvirat-HarvestJUST A TASTE OF THE KID-Bill Amesbury

-CasablancaPHENOMENON-UFO-Chrysalis

KMET-FM / LOS ANGELESDANCING IN THE STREETS (single)-

Dovells-EventGROOVER'S PARADISE (single)-

Doug Sahm-WBI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MLIVE IT UP (single)-Isley Brothers-

T-Neck

KSAN-FM /SAN FRANCISCOANOTHER LOVE (single)-Stories-

Kama SutraFRANKIE MILLER'S HIGHLIFE-ChrysalisFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaHAMBURGER CONCERTO-Focus-AtcoHANG ON IN THERE BABY-Johnny

Bristol-MGMIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-

PolydorIT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL (single)-

Rolling Stones-Rolling StonesKAMIKAZE-Deke Leonard-UAKIMONO MY HOUSE-Sparks--IslandRUMBLE-Link Wray-Polydor

KZEL-FM / EUGENE, ORE.BLUES & BLUEGRASS-Mike Auldridge-

TakomaCAN YOU HEAR IT-Voices of East

Harlem-Just SunshineHELL-James Brown-PolydorI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MKAMIKAZE-Deke Leonard-UAMACHINE GUN-Commodores-MotownPICKIN' UP-Red, White & Blue(grass)-

GRCQUO-Status Quo-A&MTHE MIRROR-Spooky Tooth-Island

CHUM-FM/TORONTOANOTHER WORLD (single)-Elliot

Hoffman-TSOPAVALANCHE-Mountain-WindfallEVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE-

Barclay James Harvest-PolvdorFLORENCE WARNER-EpicFULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE-Stevie

Wonder-TamlaI CAN STAND A LITTLE RAIN-

Joe Cocker-A&MIRISH TOUR '74-Rory Gallagher-

PolydorLETTERS (single)-Ron Nigrini-AtticSAVING GRACE-Jerry Riopelle-ABCSPACES-Larry Coryell-Vanguard


Lundvall Speechto an industry plummeting its way towarda 50 percent consignment course. Anepidemic of packaging overkill was handledwith sensitivity and the highest standardof graphic arts is no longer encumberedby wasteful ego feeding. Aggressive cata-log merchandising which in 1973 accountedfor an amazing 35 percent of our totalbilling continues with fervor in the currentyear. The creation of Limited Edition andthe revitalization of our $4.98 line have, inone year, set totally new standards inthe so called economy record business.It was a year in which we also put ouradvertising and merchandising expertiseto the test. What works? What no longerworks? What may work better? And atwhat cost per generated sale? Supple-ments, roto-sections, piggy -back spots.Television advertising, the computer -packmerchandising concept. We have foundsome answers, we turned some new tricks. . . and we're still experimenting. To besatisfied with rote technique would beto abdicate our merchandising leadership.

"Recognizing that the concept of cross-over grows froth the root of specialization,we reorganized and expanded the vitalsub -businesses that make up our totalbusiness. In country music . . . in contem-porary pop . . . in the classical area. . . and in the dramatically growingblack music business. . . .it's unrealisticto expect either musical or technologicalrevolutions to come along every few yearsto dramatically spur our industry on to thenext billion dollars-and I'm sure thatyou've grown as tired as I have of hearingabout our two billion dollar industry-for the last five years. The 'fact is thatwe are in a far more mature industrytoday and if we're going to see that nextbillion it will be through an even finertuning to the evolutionary process thatstarts with the music and ends up some-times years later in terms of enlightenedpublic taste.

It's a known fact that one major recordcompany spent over 40,000 dollars lastyear for T-shirts-I'd rather support ourartists than "Fruit of the Loom"! Ifthe ambience of the full line storeattracts the avid fan, there's strongevidence to support the theory that thisvery atmosphere may well turn away theolder less active record buyer who may

Fantasy Inks Blackfoot

Singer/songwriter J. D. Blackfoot (right),is seen signing a contract with FantasyRecords president Ralph Kaffel (left), ashis manager, Randy Nauert, looks on.While living briefly in New Zealand, J. D.Blackfoot recorded an album called "TheSong of Crazy Horse." It will be releasedin the U.S. on Fantasy Records in lateAugust.

Sutom Music Bows LOS ANGELES - Singer SueThompson has formed SutomMusic Publishing Company, withoffices at 9229 Sunset Boulevard.

Jerry Barber is vice president ofthe new company.


feel out of place mingling with the youthculture. Without beating the proverbialdead horse the opportunity for the rackeddiscount and department store to reachboth the active and occassional purchaserthrough department expansion and increasedselectivity has never been more at hand.

"We began testing television advertisingback at the time when many of ourcompetitors considered Charlie Lamb's tipsheet The Mass Media. We learned that itdidn't work; or more correctly, that itdid work but the resulting sales increasesjust didn't justify the cost. And thenrather curiously, a handful of renegadescame along and created a whole newbusiness-and the Broadcast packagestaught us that we didn't have a monopolyon good ideas. With annual sales estimatedat well over 100 million dollars-televisionobviously sells records-and with efficiency!This Fall we'll be entering the Broadcastbusiness through retail on a test basis.Right now we're involved in a nationwidespot TV blitz campaign. All year longwe've been testing and with an impressiveincidence of success. Just ask the LABranch whether television sells records!

"The whole point is that we're searchingfor the key to unlock a whole new recordbuying audience-a more aware, more con-ditioned audience-an audience at thethreshold of purchase.

"I can think of no avenue of experimenta-tion that offers greater potential forincreasing the base of our business . .

and we're going to find that key in themonths ahead.

"So these are just a few of the direc-tions we'll be moving in. None of themrevolutionary-all of them like the musicand the public taste-evolutionary. Andall of them, like the company you keep;steps ahead of an ever more sophisticatedcompetition.

"To specialize and to cross over, tomaster all of the avenues of exposureand to find new ones. To aggressivelydevelop new artists and to expand themarket for our established stars. Andalways to step up to the music with anopen mind. The public just may not befar behind.

Alexenburg Speech (Cont from page 4)

blood of the record industry, Epic's newartists are chosen with discrimination andcare-so that they too can set the pacesin their fields. Minnie Riperton, KingBiscuit Boy, Michael Fennelly, FlorenceWarner, John Hiatt, Rupert Holmes-theseare the pacesetters of tomorrow. A kaleido-scope of different sounds and styles-but each is distinctive and a futuremusical leader.

"But perhaps the greatest thing aboutEpic is its wonderful association withColumbia-which puts all of us into con-tact and communication with all of you.It avails us and our artists of the talentand enthusiasm of a promotion and market-ing team that has no peers. It allowsus to work closely with people likeArnold Levine, John Berg, Ed Lee andlegions more, too numerous to mention-but you know who you are.

"In the midst of this, Epic has triedto develop its own look and style. TheEpic team-newly joined by Mel Phillips,assistant national promotion director-is

stronger, more flexible, and, of course,crazier than ever. (Like the business we'rein.) In the time between last year'sconvention to now, Epic has establisheda separate publicity department of its ovThunder the supervision of Bob Altshuler,with Bob Sarlin and Susan Blond in NewYork, Pat Siciliano here on the coast, andDan Beck for the total company in Nashville.

"This is the challenge of Epic-adirection, a way to go. No one thinks ofus as a singles company these days-not while we're selling two and a halfmillion Charlie Rich albums and a millionand a half Edgar Winter albums.

"In every record market across thiscountry, and, in fact, across the worldthrough CBS Records International, Epicand our family of custom labels is trulyemerging. Growth can be measured inmore ways than one. Our growth is notsimply a staggering story of increasedprofits and percentages, it is also the storyof a company which has become musicallycomplete.

Rhythmic Grins from Atlanta

c .4 Polydor feted the Atlantic Rhythm Second on their own turf to kick-off a full-scalepromotional push which will continue in New York, August 14-18 at Max's KansasCity. The day was highlighted by an open-air picnic in Stone Mountain Park and alive performance at Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom. Pictured during the festivities are(from left) Buddy Buie, Atlantic Rhythm Section producer; Jerry Schoenbaum, presidentof Polydor Records; Billy Lowery; and Georgia Governor James Carter.

new pork central,By IRA MAYER

CHAPTER CHANGES II: Last week we reported on the imminentsale of Max's Kansas City following Chapter XI proceedings. Legaland financial hassles developed in the interim, and as of press time,original owner Micki Ruskin was still in charge. Sam Hood, who single-handedly developed the Upstairs at Max's club, and who booked ituntil very recently, is no longer associated with the club or therestaurant (and will be announcing plans shortly). Teddy Wainwrightand Faris Bouhofa, who have essentially run the club and taken careof its day-to-day business for some time now, are currently bookingthe room as well, and point out that they are continuing with theclub operation, are booked through Labor Day (Atlanta Rhythm Sec-tion, Orleans, Patti Smith, Rory Gallagher) and are currently workingon September.

SITTING IN: Showcasing and working in an act in front of regularaudiences is becoming increasingly difficult-especially during thesummer when local bars are not as well patronized as they are in thewinter-as unless there is some kind of record company publicity(or interest), the chances of finding an audience at all are scarce.Such was the case for Virgil Young and the Young'uns when theyappeared Thursday (1) at CBGB's in the Bowery. The group could usea more discriminating audience than the dozen or so friends who satat the front tables in order to help gain the fluidity which would givetheir performance more than an amateur feel. Individually, the ele-ments were there.

IN PRINT: Jan Hodenfield in the N.Y. Post with a column/featureon producer Richard Perry . . . Crawdaddy's latest covering everythingfrom the Miss USA pageant to Salvador Dali to Doc Watson . . . An


CBS Golf ResultsIII LOS ANGELES-Results of theCBS Convention Golf Tourna-ment, held Thursday, August 1,were: Hacker (122); tie amongDon Biederman, Eric Cizek andJohn Hochstein; long drive, front9, Randy Brown; long drive, back9, Tom Mabry; closest to pin,front, John Kotecki; closest to pin,back, Bob Norwood; gentlemanof the year, John Hammond; 3rdplace low net, Tom Mabry; 2ndplace low net, Bud O'Shea; win-ner low net, Nick Barna; 3rd placelow gross, Tom Reany, CharlesMiller, Bob Norwood, Bob Ewald;2nd place low gross, Hershall Orr;winner low gross, Red Richards;best team score (57), GeorgeChavous, Nick Barna and JimCarnavali.

Song Fest Names Jury NEW YORK - The AmericanSong Festival has announcedjudges for the finals: LeonardFeather, Henry Mancini, Artie Mo-gul!, Ms. Mardi Nehrbass, ForestHamilton, Ms. Ellen Willis, BillLowery, Jerry Teifer, Arnold Gose-wich, Cliff Stone, Lou Van Reesand Skitch Henderson.

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64 APOSTROPHE' FRANK ZAPPA/DiscReet DS 2175 (WB) 18

79 SOME NICE THINGS I'VE MISSED FRANK SINATRA/Reprise F 2195 3

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New York Central (Continued from page 31)

extremely insightful piece by Pauline Kael in New Yorker on the popculture side of cinema which, while making only casual references torock, is very much about that subject, too. All one has to do is sub-stitute a few record titles for movie names . . . Big spread in Ouimagazine on rock.

NOTED: Publicist Myrna Post has joined Guttman & Pam Ltd. (nowGuttman Pam Post) and opened a N.Y. office for them at 527 MadisonAvenue . .. Toby Goldstein joining Gibson & Stromberg's N. Y. office. . . Barbi Benton's Playboy Club opening (7) was attended by AliceCooper, Cindy Lang and Andy Warhol, who were joined afterward byHugh Hefner for a special invitation dinner party with Rudolf Nureyev.. . . Bill Withers has recorded some public service announcements forimmunization against childhood diseases, and has also produced twoWithers -penned tracks for Gladys Knight & the Pips . . . Chargesdismissed against Ike Turner for trying to cheat the telephone companyby using a frequency box to make calls from public phones.

INTERNATIONAL ACHORD: A preliminary agreement has beenreached between ASCAP and the Soviet copyright organization VAAP.In Moscow with ASCAP president Stanley Adams were ASCAP generalcounsel Bernard Korman and ASCAP international affairs man Dr.Rudolf Nissim. Final details are to be worked out later this year whenVAAP officials visit N.Y.

MIE ALBUM CHARTARTISTS CROSS REFEENCE

AMERICA 38 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS 7ASHFORD & SIMPSON 142 GEORGE McCRAE 85

JONI MITCHELL 36BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE 4, 94 MOTT THE HOOPLE 111, 133BAD COMPANY 20 MARIA MULDAUR 56BEACH BOYS 28, 140 MOUNTAIN 123ELVIN BISHOP 121 ANNE MURRAY 63BLACKBYRDS 113BLACK OAK ARKANSAS 92 NAZARETH 137BLUE MAGIC 61 NEKTAR 148BLUE OYSTER CULT 126 NEW BIRTH 116BOWIE 21 NEW ENGLAND RAGTIME ENSEMBLE 95BREAD 67, 82 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 24JAMES BROWN 62 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 71

J. J. CALE 144 OHIO PLAYERS 45JIM CAPALDI 105 O'JAYS 14, 76CARPENTERS 91 MIKE OLDFI ELD 97CHEECH & CHONG 130 OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS 60CHER 81CHICAGO 19 PINK FLOYD 41ERIC CLAPTON 1 POCO 145CLIMAX BLUES BAND 96 ELVIS PRESLEY 30BILLY COBHAM 108 RICHARD PRYOR 29COMMODORES 135RITA COOLIDGE 127 HELEN REDDY 35JIM CROCE 64, 72, 117 CHARLIE RICH 42, 107, 114

JOSHUA RIFKIN 87MAC DAVIS 17, 66 MINNIE RIPERTON 138DAWN 74 DIANA ROSS 59, 77DeFRANCO FAMILY 110 RUFUS 32JOHN DENVER 2, 6, 43 LEON RUSSELL 53NEIL DIAMOND 48BO DONALDSON AND THE HEYWOODS 136 SANTANA 51DOOBIE BROTHERS 49 SEALS & CROFTS 106, 124BOB DYLAN 5 CARLY SIMON 86

FRANK SINATRA 69EAGLES 37 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE 39EARTH, WIND & FIRE 55 SOUNDTRACKS:EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER 122 AMERICAN GRAFFITI 46ENO 119 CLAUDINE 73

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103 96 HEADHUNTERS HERBIE HANCOCK/Columbia KC 32731

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108 100 CROSSWINDS BILLY COBHAM/Atlantic SD 7300109 106 THE WAY WE WERE BARBRA STREISAND/Columbia PC 32801110 105 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME DeFRANCO FAMILY

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ED 130 COMIN' FROM ALL ENDS NEW BIRTH/RCA APL1-0495117 117 LIFE AND TIMES JIM CROCE/ABC ABCD 769

118 111 APOCALYPSE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA/Columbia KC 32957

Ea 132 COME THE JETS ENO/Island 9268120 128 SHEET MUSIC 1 Occ/UK AUKS 53107 (London)121 126 LET IT FLOW ELVIN BISHOP/Capricorn CP 0134 (WB)122 124 BRIAN SALAD SURGERY EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER/

Manticore MC 66660 (Atlantic) 136 AVALANCHE MOUNTAIN/Windfall KC 33088 (Col)

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Kaptivatingly 'Kinky,' a small part of the RCA Records bunch is seen here pastingmirror labels on the Kinks' new single, "Mirror of Love." Also prominently displayedfor the kameraman are "Mirror of Love" mirrors, 'Preserve the Kinks' T -Shirts, and thePreservation albums, Act 1, and Act 2. From left these Kink Krazies are: TopperSchroeder, manager, national album sales; Karen Williams, coordinator, MOR pro-motion; Peschke Lebby and Jeanine Gallo, RCA promotion department; Morty Gilbert,manager, national single sales; Willy 'Super Hype' Bass, manager, national albumpromotion; Steve Kahn, manager, product merchandising; Sylvia De Graf and Ro-chelle Greenblatt, RCA promotion department. Not shown, but holding on the phone,is Tom Cossie, director, national promotion.

Knight Joins MDA LOS ANGELES-Len Chapman,branch manager of Music Dis-tributors of America (MDA), hasannounced the appointment ofDavid Knight to the position ofwestern promotion manager forMDA Dhstributors. Knight, whospent allmost four years withMetromedia Records in variouscapacities including national pro-motion director and director ofa&r, will be based in Los Angelesand be responsible for promotionof the MDA owned Trip/Spring-board/Upfront and Buckboardlabels for the 11 western statesand for the Scepter Records linein the Southern California area.

GRC Names Three

Three new marketing analysts recentlynamed to GRC Records in Atlanta include(from left) D. Ray, northern regionalmarketing analyst; Cheryl Frogge, south-ern regional marketing analyst; andTeena Scogin, midwest regional marketinganalyst. The girls are responsible forcontacting all retail market accountsacross the country in keeping with GRC'snew product releases. They report directlyto Oscar Fields (seated), vice presidentof marketing for GRC.

'Phantom' SoundtrackPlanned by A&M Jerry Moss, president of A&MRecords, has announced that the

the forth-coming "Phantom" film will bereleased in September.

Alpert and the BrassPlan Hospital Benefit LOS ANGELES - Herb Alpertand the Tijuana Brass will presenta special benefit concert at theSan Diego Civic Theatre August24, to help provide neededequipment for a new hospital inTijuana.

The concert will be precededby a dinner at the Westgate Hotelfor the 200 holders of the goldencircle tickets. Tickets for the con-cert can be purchased throughTicketron in San Diego.

Alpert has been a previoussupporter of the Sacreda CorazonHospital building fund and thecurrent drive is to provide thefacility with modern medicalequipment.

MCA Names Tashjian LOS ANGELES-Ralph Tashjianhas been named promotion man-ager of the New York branch ofMCA Records, Inc. The announce-ment was made by Vince Cos -grave, vice president of nationalpromotion for the label.

Formerly with MCA's promo-tion department in Seattle, Tash-jian's appointment is effectiveimmediately.

Assuming Tashjian's duties inSeattle is Gregg Feldman, whocomes to MCA from CTI Records,where he served as regionalmanager in the San Franciscooffice.

In Memoriam: Cass ElliotBy TONY LAWRENCE

(Tony Lawrence, former west coast editor for RECORDWORLD, is the associate director of product management,Columbia Records, west coast.) CASS ELLIOTT: singer. That voice that so penetrated "DreamA Little Dream Of Me" with its simple sweetness. I was a fan,a freak of sorts, about everything Cass did and was, and herabilities went beyond those of vocalist. Cass had an abundanceof wit and style. From the time of the Big Tree to waiting ontables to the ultimate stardom of the Mamas and Papas, shenever lost her sense of humor or sense of the absurd. The storiesof Cass inviting 3000 audience members from a Mamas andPapas concert to a party started the whole notion of rock androll wealth. She had it and she enjoyed it. She never seemed toflaunt it.

And that sense of humor . . . Working as a critic for TheHollywood Reporter (in June 1970) I was asked to review "TheMama Cass Television Special." Her guests were no less thanJoni Mitchell, John Sebastian and Mary Travers. What was mostapparent was that Cass, singing beautifully as ever, had the giftof contemporary vocalist combined with the gift of televisionstar. Her later appearances as guest host of the Johnny CarsonShow were ample verification of the fact. Cass always seemedat ease in public (save for her single Vegas debacle), and whenher career didn't seem to go quite right (such as her alliancewith Dave Mason in January 1971-an alliance which resulted ina very underrated album on Blue Thumb), Cass was out theregiving her all.

The other beauty of Cass was her self -perception. Once,during a segment of the now defunct "Get It Together" show(where she played co -hostess to Dick Clark), she took randomquestions from the audience. One young man asked: "Do youever sing in the shower?" Cass replied: "No, I'm usually toobusy." Cass Elliott will be truly noted and long remembered.

Chicago Does TVer NEW YORK-Columbia record-ing group Chicago will star in atelevision special on the ABCtelevision network on Friday,August 16. The hour-long show,entitled "Chicago: MeanwhileBack At The Ranch," will beaired from 8:30-9:30 p.m., EDT.Appearing with Chicago will beEpic recording artist Charlie Rich.

"Chicago: Meanwhile Back AtThe Ranch" was taped at variouslocations on the Caribou Ranchin Colorado owned by Chicagoproducer James William Guercio.The ranch, in addition to provid-ing a backdrop for the TV show,is also the site of the recordingstudios where Chicago makes itsalbums.

Also appearing on the TV showwill be Capitol recording artistAnne Murray.

DeSykes Disc Distrib.

Acquired by Chalice LOS ANGELES-Lee Lasseff andDavid Chackler of Chalice Pro-ductions have acquired the cur-rent no. 1 single in England fordistribution in the U.S. and Can-ada by ABC Records. The artist isStephanie DeSykes, a member ofRain, which is in turn the groupthat backs her on the single. Thetune is entitled "Born With a

Smile On My Face" and waswritten by two other singers inthe group, Roger Hollman andSimon May.

"Born With a Smile On MyFace" is scheduled for immediaterelease by ABC.

Elton Pacts Simone LOS ANGELES - Elton John,MCA recording artist, has re-tained Peter Simone & Associ-ates to coordinate and superviseall public relations on his behalf.

The announcement was madeby John Reid, Elton's managerand Peter Simone, president ofPeter Simone & Associates.

Simone will also provide publicrelations representation for RocketRecords' artists the Kiki Dee Band.

Patterson To DiscReet

Harold Berkman, vice president and gen-eral manager of DiscReet Records has an-nounced that Brenda Patterson has beensigned to the label. National promo di-rector Louis Newman (right) disclosed thather first album for DiscReet will be re-leased in January preceded by a single.



At ABC Sales & Promotion Meet ...

ABC staffers gathered in Los Angeles last week for the company's annual Sales andPromotion Meeting. Pictured above are (from lett), top row: ABC Records vice presidentHoward Stark, Mrs. Jay Lasker, ABC Records *resident Jay Lasker and Los AngelesMayor Tom Bradley; I. Martin Pompadur president, ABC Leisure Group; AmericanBroadcasting Companies president Elton Rule. Lc sker and Leonard Goldenson, chairmanof the board, ABC. Inc. Middle row: Rule, Anchor Records president Ian Ralfini, Lasker,Word Inc. president Jarrell McCracken, and Goldenson; Jim Fogelsong, president,

ABC Meet (Continued from page 3)

who was present to showcase afew tracks from her new albumproduced by Ray Davies for hisKonk label; and Michael Omar-tian, who produced an album forhimself, making an ABC debut asa singer, and for Jay Gruska, anewcomer to the label.

After an afternoon of seminarsattended by various segments ofthe company-branch managers,r&b_ promotion, publicity, pub-lishing - the ABC field forcerallied for cocktails and dinner inan elaborate circus setting con-ceived by creative services direc-tor Craig Bowers, followed by anentertainment program featuringThree Dog Night. Also billedwere Gabriel Kaplan, ClaireHamill and a new group figurirgin the upcoming album release,

Bressings.The Saturday morning (3)

product presentation brought to-gether artists and producers, bothnew and long associated with theABC roster. In the- former cate-gory were three male singer -songwriters making their bow onthe label-Sam Parsons, BillyKyle and George Clinton, all ofwhom put in personal appear-ances. So did Chaka Khan, to"sing along" with Rufus on theirgold record -winning single "TellMe Something Good."

Another relative newcomer toABC, Freda Payne, was repre-sented with the playing of hernew single "I Get Carried Away"from her album "Payne &Pleasure."

Lasker opened with a preview

Dot Records; David Chackler (stancing) and Lee Lasseff (right) of Chalice Productions,with Lasker and ABC Records vice oresiclent Mary Helfer. Bottom row: Steve Barri,vice president, a&r, ABC Records; Barri, trade liaison and a national promotion cirectorfor secondary markets Marvin Deane, arid Lindy Blaskey, managing director, a&r;Lasker and Cake Hamill, Engl sh ;Inger on Ray Davies' Kork label, which is dis-tributed in the U.S. and Canada by ABC.

of soon -to -be -released gospel al-bums, 21 in all, highlighted by aplaying of "It's Time" by theMighty Clouds of Joy, the just -released single from their album.

Taped presentations by artistsrecently signed to ABC spot-lighted Dusty Springfield, Clar-ence Carter and Kinky Friedman,the latter co -produced by WillieNelson and Steve Barri. LeeYoung, Sr., also introduced pro-duct by Popcorn Wiley.

Barri, for his part, took thestage to remark on the Bobby"Blue" Bland/B.B. King "To-gether" album taped live inHollywood this last week, and ona live album by the Four Tops tobe cut at the end of the month.

Don Gant, head of ABC's Nash-ville operations, introduced new

product by Johnny Carver, BobbyWright and Jimmy Buffet, as wellas a few tracks by a studio grouphe formed called Nashville Corale.

Steely Dan producer GaryKatz explained that the group waspresently writing and should beready to go into the studio for astart or their new album in abouttwo weeks. Katz will also be pro-ducing Blessings.

Lee Lasseff and David Chacklerof Chalice Productions intro-duced product by Earl Silver andthe English group Headstone,whose lead singer and guitarplayer is Mark Ashton.

The mornirg ended with briefcomments by the heads of Lon-don -based companies recently af-filiated with ABC - Ian Ralfini,




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Hollywood: Upon arriving in sunnyL.A. we found loads of openings -- onewhich included a showing of theO'Jays at the Greek Theatre.

This show opened Tuesday, July 30thwith special guest star Bobby Womackand his revue. As the show opened thepulsating rhythm of Womack was heardthrough the waves of "Harry the

Hippie," a favorite of the audience. Needless tosay Womack's innovative talents were extended to theother artists who were exposed on the show, Sandreaand John Blair, violinists, who added that slighttouch of class. In closing his segment of the O'Jaysshow, "I Can Understand It," touched off the pacefor the headlining act. After an intermission,curtains opened to the new O'Jays show and theproduction was quite extensive. Out of the blue camefog with impressions of a ship with shadows ofdancers. Emerging from the floor of the stage out ofthe fog came Eddie Loverette clad in jeans and aripped shirt and barefoot. The remainder of thegroup, dressed similarly, set the pace for anevening to be remembered. "Ship Ahoy" was thebeginning theme, turning the intangible into thetangible. After the audience gave them a standingovation they exited, then came out in the usualattire only to set a new pace of footstomping and

hand clapping, with "Put Your Hands Together." Theydid renditions of all their hit singles which wereproduced by Gamble/Huff. One melodic tune whichenhanced their performance was "Wildflower;" thatalso with a beautiful production. The new O'Jaysshow first seen in Los Angeles, never will beforgotten. You must see it to experience a totallynew experience.

Monday, August 5th was the opening of the NATRAconvention held at the Century Plaza Hotel. Manyknown celebrities showed up only to find that theagenda that was scheduled did not run true to form.However, there was a seminar which was titled"The Recognition of a Heritage: Radio, Records,Rhythm & Reality." Coinciding with this symposiumwas a special luncheon, by invitation only, at whichthe invitees did not show up. Well, we shall seehow the remainder of the convention goes.

Norman Whitefield just left the studio after

producing an album for David Ruffin and Yvonne Fair.Fair's new 1p is entitled "A Bad Mother Trucker."

There is a strong rumor that Brian and Eddie Hollandhave definitely gone back to Motown. As you know theHolland brothers were once with Motown and had astring of hits. We will see how it all goes down.

The recent buying of Paramount records has causedmuch curiosity within the realms of the companystructure. We only hope that their r&b departmentdoesn't change for both Jimmy Brooks and Grace §_pannhave been making much headway in that field ofthe industry.

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ftRECORD WO IN2RLD LATIN AMERICANRecord World en Chicago

By BLAS RODRIGUEZ

CHICAGO - Antonio Aguilar,anuncia que se presentard estean° de nuevo con su gran es-petaculo ranchero, pero ha trans-ferido Ia fecha para el mes deNoviembre en los dias 15, 16 y17, para no interferir con losactos de los festejos patriaticosmexicanos. Como siempre suescenario en el Anfiteatro Inter-nacionall, con Ia inevitable corn-pania y actuacion de Flor SilvestreToriito y Pepito.

Uno de los grupos jewenes quemas se destacan en estos mo-mentos traspasando ciudades yfronteras es el de Los Humildes,con dos exitos: "Ambicion" y"Amor Eterno" . . . Si compara-mos las actuales programacionesde Radio de Chicago, con las dehace algunos anos, tenemos quereconocer en justicia que hanmejorado en un 75%.-Por ejemp-lo antes, salvo excepciones, cadaproductor se aferraba a presentarla mOsica de acuerdo con sunacionalidad y origen. Hoy, porel contrario la mayor parte delos locutores trata de complacera la malaria de nuestra complejaColonia Latina, influyendo en estoposiblemente la produccion demusica moderna. Pero tampocose olvida lo tipico y tradicional,ni tampoco las melodias instru-mentales que Oltimamente seescuchan a menudo. El curiosoes observar aim dentro de unamisma nacionalidad las "especial-idades" por aquello de que cadacual tiene "lo suyo" y es logic°que quiera "lo suyo," pero endefinitiva "lo Mejor" es lo queme gusta a mi. Entendido?

Juan Torres, el popular organis-ta mexicano sera presentado consu Organo Melodico, por primeravez, los dias 23, 24 y 25 de

ANktb.

SantitosY Su Pueblo

Agosto, reservandose para esaoportunidad los salones de unode los "Ball Rooms" mas grandesdel Mundo, y las pistas del lujosoCasino Internacional de losHermanos Garza recientementeinuagurado. Por el Casino hemossaludado a Jose Jose, Carlos Licoy Cornelio Reyna.

Lo que si es criticable, es queaun en los programas de radiomas caracterizados, se hagaomisi6n y olvido en muchas oca-siones, del nombre de interpretery autores y hasta del titulo de lacancion que se presenta. Y estosi merece una rectificaci6n, puesmas que dejaci6n u olvido luceuna falta de respeto . . . Connosotros en dias pasados, PepeGarcia, de Los Angeles, en plande promocian de los discos LatinInternational, linea que ahora seamplia con la adquicision delicensias de caracter internacional.Aprovechando Ia estancia delentusiasmado y optimista amigotuvimos la oportunidad de visitarel Canal 26 de TelevisiOn paraasistir a la transmisi6n de "ViernesEspectaculares" con 3 horas deduracion, dirigido y animado porel popular y polifacetico EstebanVelasquez, observando con agra-do el dinamismo y originalidadque imprime el joven artista asus producciones, lo cual le havalido para conquistar posible-mente la mayor audiencia en unprograma latino televisado. Porcierto Esteban acaba de grabaren Mexico un nuevo L.P. para lacompania Capitol. Tambien es deobservar las mejoras tecnicas in-troducidas en el Canal 26 . . .

iMucho lo criticamos anterior-mente!

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By TOMAS FUNDORA Desde hace algun tiempo he venido leyendo yoyendo Ia opini6n de colegas en el periodismoespecializado norteamericano, quienes al referirseal futuro de la radio en Espanol en Estados Unidosse muestran negativos, al considerar que al pasardel tiempo, el Espanol pasard al desuso y losindividuos que hay lo esgrimen con tenacidad yorgullo, seran asimilados por la gran congregacionde habla inglesa que indiscutiblemente integraeste gran pals de America. Soy uno de esos que

lo esgrimen con tenacidad y orgullo, por ello, paso a extractar corn-entarios publicados por el Miami Herald, PeriOdico de inmensacirculacidin en el area floridana y que no siempre se muestra exquisitoen cuanto a las cosas latinas, bajo la firma de John Dorschner, del"staff de editores de este periodic°. Dice Dorschner: "En las oficina,Maria y Jorge estan sentados en sus escritorios ye conversando-enEspanol, por supuesto. Jean, sentada cerca de ellos, no entiende unsimple "aye o "mira". Ella esta sufriendo de una "paranoia de estardejada fuera' una "nostalgia trieste xenophobica". iEstan elloshablando de mi? gSe estaran riendo de mi? De cualquier manera,ique estaran hablando en Espanol?-Quizas Jean simplemente sesienta allf, enfurrunada, en suspenso. Quizas diga: "Hey, sean corteses,hablen Ingles", lo cual haca que los cubanos la miren a ella con lamisma idea en mente con Ia cual ellos catalogan el hacho de quese odia a los cubanos. Escenas coma esta se repiten diariamente enoficinas tiendos a travel de toda el arena, en una ciudad que es ahora52 por ciento latina y en un "county" con mas de 380,000 residentescon apellidos latinos. Es la repeticion de un drama que ha existido enlos Estados Unidos por siglos: Un nuevo grupo de inmigrantes Ilegan,aprenden Ingles lentamente y gradualmente abandonan su lenguaoriginal, mientras los norteamericanos nativos reaccionan en variadosgrados de hostitidad a esta gente nueva que Buena extrano en susmedios, Pero ahora con los cubanos, existe un nueva elemento,-un orgullo cultural nuevo que esta creciendo en muchos gruposetincos en los Estados Unidos-y el Espanol es retenido con mastenacidad que otras lenguas en el pasado. Y sique en otras citandoIa opiniOn del sociolokista de la Universidad de Miami, Aaron Lipmany otras altas personalidades desde psicologos, banqueros, especialistasen problemas de personal, eac. cerrando su articulo con la opinionde Aaron Lipman que dice; "El Espanol va a durar por mucho mastiempo que cualquier otra lengua hablada por otros inmigrantes. EsMejor que los nortamericanos se acostumbren a ella."

Lamento que el espacio no me permita reproducir todo este articuloque si refleja una realidad absoluta. El hombre ha puesto el dedo enla Ilaga exactamente donde esta el mal. IY me alegro!

Conozco a fondo todos los grupos etnicos latinos de EstadosUnidos. Se de sus trabajos, de sus esfuerzos, del orgullo que les hamantenido firme en sus propositos. Se de los sufrimientos por ellode los puertorriquenos, de los cubanos, de los mexicanos, de losespanoles y de toda y cada una de nuestras nacionalidades. Se lo quehan sufrido cuando en minoria sufrieron las descortesias habitualesde los ciudadanos de una gran nacion que se considera perfecta, alrecibir inmigrantes que por motivos no citables, ellos consideraroncoma que "sonaban raro." Todo ello ha creado orgullos traumadossi asi quieren Ilamarlos. Hace anos, nuestros abuelos y padres latinos,quizas perseguidos por los compiejos tenaces producto del propiomedia, trataban de forzar a sus descendientes a hablar Ingles y hastase honraban cuando decian nefastamente: "No, mis hijos no sabenEspanol, hablan Ingles, aun cuando yo mismo casi no puedo entender-los." Hoy todo ha cambiado. El Espanol es motivo de vida, orgullo yesfuerzo. Los norteamericanos tendran que acostumbrarse a ello,porque America es mas hispano parlante que jngles parlante y elfuturo se encargard de ello. En cuanto a Estados Unidos, Ia radio,los discos, los periodicos, las culturas, las mentalidades y los desarroll-

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Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 46)os hispano-parlantes iran tomando fuerza no para desaparecer, sinopara consolidarse. Por eso, la radio latina en Estados Unidos seguirdaumentando gradualmente, y nadie podra evitarlo, porque ya loslatinoamericanos que viven en Estados Unidos, deparan de hablarEspanol, unicamente el dfa an que los maten, y esa posibilidad es noremota, sino impacticable. Por eso, los latinos en Estados Unidos,producen radio, discos y peri6dicos en el cual el idioma Espanol esmotivo de orgullo y satisfaction y ven con tan malas caras a losespanoles y latinoamericanos que, sin haber sufrido los dolores de Iapostergacion y la humillaciOn, siguen esgrimiendo otro idioma ensus propios 'Daises como simbolos do superiordad y aceptaciOn gen-eral de buenos porque vienen de "alla." No . porque ya la cosa sehas convertido en un trauma ancestral y eso no lo para nadie . . . poreso seguiremos escribiendo sobre discos en Espanol, en Espanol, porlargo tiempo y en buena honra . Y ahora . iHasta Ia proximal


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Record World en MiamiBy OMAR MARCHANT

MIAMI-Saludo amigos, desdeMiami -la nueva capital del disco-en esta, nuestra primera colum-na para Record World, dondesiempre trataremos de Ilevar in-quietudes y palpitaciones denuestro excitante mundo musicaly del disco en esta soleada ciudadfloridana.

Escuchamos el nuevo albumgrabado por Julio Iglesias recien-temente en los Studios Columbiade Espana. Buen repertorio yexcelentes temas como: "Por elamor de una mujer" y "Aun mequeda Ia esperanza." Julio Iglesiastambien grabard un LP en Ia

onda "ranchera," atendiendo a lagran demanda en el mercadomejicano.

Sigue pegando fuertemente enla costa sureste de Estados UnidosOscar De Fontana con el tema"Te Esperare En La Playa." Estaobra, y la version de "Esperame"salen para el mercado de CentroAmerica bajo el sello "Latino-americano," quienes obtuvieronde Alhambra todos los derechos.

Gestiones de la gerencia de lafirma Parnaso para mudarse a

Miami. Estan negociando Ia com-

pra de varias naves en el area deHialeah para montar sus oficinasy fabricas, asi como su centro dedistribution.

Los discos Musart ya estansacando a la yenta el nuevo albumde Roberto Ledesma. Su exit°actual "Se Me Olvido Que TeOlvide" (Lolita de la Colina) esun buen presagio de yentasseguras.

Recien finalizaron la grabaciOnde su ultimo LP en los studios deFrank Linale (Linale's SoundStudio) los muchos de los Judge'sNephews, el grupo musical desuper acopladas voces que triun-faron asombrosamente en Las

Vegas, Eddie, Carlos y Javier sonde origen cubano.

Ya casi terminado el albumgrabado en Miami del cantantecolombiano Ernesto Alejandro.Solamente en la grabacion de lasection ritmica se emplearon 30horas de studio, lo que reflejadedication y profesionalismo. Losarreglos son de Toly Ramirez.

En el anibiente de "salsa" estancompitiendo en la radio local de


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Fania All -Stars Stage MSG Fling NEW YORK-Madison SquareGarden got a Latin soulful re-cently (26) when Jerry Masuccipresented the Fania All -Stars withManu Dibango, Jorge Santana,and Ray Barretto and his newband, filling the arena with 23,000beautiful people. In every respect,it was a tumultuous success: theartists, the crowd, the music, thesound, the costumes, the colorand the atmosphere were justbeautiful.

Opening the concert was RayBarretto in his debut with his newband, featuring Ruben Blades andTito Gomez on the vocals. "In-destructable" tore up the audi-ence as it always does. Ray alsodid "Ganto Abacua," and "Eso EsAmor."

Manu Dibango followed andkept the audience spellboundwith his showmanship and inter-pretation of "Soul Makossa,""Senga" and "Ashiko Go."

Throughout the evening theshow was hosted by many ofNew York's leading deejays in-cluding Paquito Navarro(WHOM), Polito Vega (WBNX),Joe Gaines (WEVD), Dick Sugar(WHBI), Izzy Sanabria and Sym-

phony Sid, who came to NewYork from Florida to say hello tohis old fans. Frankie Crocker andKenny Webb of WBLS alsogreeted the enthusiastic audience.

And then came the Fania All -Stars opening with "DescargaNeuva." The crowd really had agreat time with "Mi Gente," asHector LaVoe got more of theaudience to join in the chorus."Viva Tirado" and "Chanchuyo"followed, with all of the greatvocalists (Ismael Miranda, HectorLaVoe, Ismael Quintana, SantosColon, Cheo Feliciano and BobbyCruz) participating in the chorusof the latter. It was during thisperformance that Jorge Santanaplayed his heart out and flippedout the beautiful audience witha dynamite solo. Other highlightsof the concert were Ismael Mi-randa doing "Borinquen TieneMontuno," Cheo Feliciano sing-ing "El Raton," Santos Colon andIsmael Quintana with "La FaniaCastigando" and "HermandadFania," sung by Bobby Cruz. Ofcourse, one of the greatest Latinband ever assembled, the FaniaAll -Stars, accompanied each ofthe vocalists.

Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 47)For some time I have been reading and listening to opinions

expressed by colleagues in the trade regarding the future of Spanishradio in the States. They look at it negatively and reflect a completelack of proper information. "Spanish will be eradicated and those thattoday insist on speaking it in all communities will be assimilated asother languages have been in the past" . . . "B.S." . . . Since I amone of those that keep insisting on the fact that radio and records inSpanish will keep growing with great force in the States, I would liketo mention some opinions expressed by John Dorschner, from the staffof the Miami Herald, a prominent newspaper in the Florida area.Dorschner wrote in a recent article: "In the office, Maria and Jorgeare sitting at their desks and chattering-in Spanish, of course. Jean,sitting near them, doesn't understand a single 'oye' or 'mira.' She'ssuffering through a 'I'm -left -out' paranoia, a xenophobic homesickblues. Are they talking about me? Are they laughing at me? Why arethey speaking Spanish anyway? Jean just sits, pouting, wondering. Shesays, 'Hey, be polite, speak English,' which causes the Cubans toglare at her as they mentally catalogue the fact that she hates Cubans.


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SANTITOS Y SU PUEBLOSANTOS COLON-Fania SLP 00462Con arreglos orquestaci6n dirigida porCalandrelli, Santos Colon encuentra granrespaldo para interpretar hermosos bo-leros, tales como. "Rechazada" (M.A.Amadeo), "Reflexion" (Orlando de laRosa), "Hoy" (R. Cole) y "En la Distancia"(Bobby Manrique).

With arrangements and orchestra directed by Calandrelli, SantitosColon offers a superb bolero's package here. "El Agua" (Jose Donate),"Solo" (T. Amadeo), "Los Pequenos Detalles" (C. Velazquez) and"Pesar" (B. Landesttoy).

En Chicago



para el popular y elegante "Bos-ton Ball Room," Ia presentaciondel Conjunto Acapulco Tropical,conjunto que se proyecta confuerza de vendedores en nuestromercado. 23, 24 y 25 de Agosto,alternando el clia 24 con el Or-gan° Meloclico en el Aragon. El"Boston Ball Room," ha sido elescenario donde hasta ahora sehan presentado grupos y artistascomo Los Kora, La Tropa, Angeles'Negros, Los Graduados, AntonioZamora, Marco Antonio Sasquez,Lucha Villa, y muchos mas quehacen interminable la lista depopularidades.

Estuvieron actuando por Chi-cago, Celia Cruz, Ismael Rivera,Chaparro, Javier Vasquez y LosSatelites . . . La Nueva Planta DeRadio, con 24 horas de trans-mision "En Espanol," se espera

que este en el aire antes del finde ano con el beneplacito de Iacolonia latina que sera en defini-tiva la beneficiada con Ia realiza-tion de este proyecto . . . Seargumentan razones de un tipoy de otro, para justificar lo quesucede en el mercado de losdiscos. Unas muy logicas, otrasmuy dudosas, pero en fin existela realidad de una "baja" sor-prendente comparando datos yestadisticas. Para nosotros tienemucho que ver la produccion enmasa falsificada que ya no sedetiene ni con las grabacionesoriginales de actualidad, sin quenada ni nadie ponga remediocato a esta situacion de relajo enla Industria. Y cabe una pregunta:,Son Sordos o Ciegos Los Princi-pales Interesados? . . . Y porahora . . . Punto.



Distribution Picture(Continued from page 3)The Dot line, with Donna Fargoand Roy Clark, Blue Thumb withthe Pointer Sisters and previouslyreleased Dave Mason material,and Paramount with the sound-tracks and various artists, hadbeen responsible for the lion'sshare of Famous' business, ac-cording to some of the label'sindie distributors. All of that nowmoves to branch distributionwith ABC.

In the past few months, twoimportant labels that had for-merly been distributed by majorlabels with branch operations,have gone the indie route. Island,previously handled by Capitoland Chelsea/Roxbury, previouslyhandled by RCA, both went inde-pendent. And CTI, who had beenbranch, then independently dis-tributed, joined Motown's cadreof independent distributors.

Recently, then, there had beenno further erosion of lines car-ried by indie distributors. Twolabels that had been distributedby major labels with branchesswitched distribution, but re-mained in the branch fold:Sounds of the South moved fromMCA to Polydor, while Shelterswitched from Capitol to MCA.Two other changes also can beconsidered as cancelling eachother out as positives or nega-tives for independent distribu-tors: the Grateful Dead left War-ner Brothers and set up their ownindependently distributed label,but ABC picked up the Duke/Peacock/Songbird lines.

En Miami(Continued from page 47)Miami estas tres orquestas: GranCombo, Conjunto Universal yOrquesta Suprema.

Causo sensacion en la televi-sion latina de Miami la presenta-ciOn de Celia Cruz. Celia hizouna apariciOn especial en el pop-ular programa "Solo Para Baila-dores."

"Maria, Maria, Maria, (A.Figueroa -J. Valero) causando im-pacto por esta zona en la versionde Cesar Costa, del sello Musart.

Mindbending

Jim Hudson, vice president of ApostolEnterprises has announced the signingof Wayne Fontana (seated) and the Mind -benders to an exclusive managementcontract. Currently based in the U.S.,Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders arelooking into label offers by Americanbased labels as an outlet for their cata-logue of original material.

Mercury's New Look(Continued from page 3)with a four color scene depictinghighlights in the skyline of thecity of Chicago such as the JohnHancock Centre, Water Towerand Marina Towers. Standing outfrom these landmarks is One IBMPlaza, the new home of Phono-gram, Inc. Reflected in the IBMBuilding is the North AmericanLife Assurance Building, the homeof Mercury for 25 years. The labelwas designed for Mercury byAlbum Graphics, Inc. of Chicago.

The new label will go intoeffect with the August 12 releaseof the new Bachman -TurnerOverdrive album "Not Fragile."

In addition new disc jockeylabels have been designed withthe same Chicago skyline scenedone in blue outline on whitelabel.

Other Phonogram labels in-cluding Philips, Vertigo and Dialwill not undergo label designchange at this time.

Atlantic(Continued from page 3)Margie Joseph (Atlantic); number86 bullet-"Can't Get Enough,"Bad Company (Swan Song) andnumber 100 - "Funky Party,"Clarence Reid, (Alston).

Latin Album Picks (Continued from page 48)

Cl1:10(c c,tcyco Lis bruzu,

CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOSOLGUITA-Borinquen ADG 1271Muy Buenas orquestaciones acomparian alnuevo lanzamiento Olguita. Gran reper-torio internacional. "Cuando Estoy en tusBrazos" (Ortega-Fransen), "Necesito" (Mi-chel Alejandro), "A las Puertas del Cielo"(Pace-Panzeri-Pilat-Conti) y "No Dejareque te Vayas" (A. Morales).

Superb orchestrations are backing the new voice of Olguita in anoutstanding international repertoire. "Ahora Yo se" (Ribeiro-DosSantos), "El Amor es un Poco Loco (Baglioni-Coggio) and "Te Quise,Te Quiero y te Querre" (Juan Pardo).

Nu estro Rincon (Continued from page 48)"Scenes like this one are being repeated daily in offices and stores

throughout the area, in a city that is now 52 percent Latin, in a countywith 380,000 Spanish -surnamed residents. It's all a repetition of adrama that's been going on in the United States for centuries: A newimmigrant group arrives, slowly learning English, gradually abandon-ing its original language. Native Americans react with varying degreesof hostility to this new, strange -sounding people in their midst. Butnow, with the Cubans, there's a new element-a growing cultural pridethat's affecting many U.S. ethnic groups-and Spanish is being retainedwith more tenacity than were other languages in the past. For bothAmericans and Cubans now, attitudes toward the Spanish languageare a small but real irritation, definitely less important than gripesabout salary, somewhat more significant than, say, complaints aboutthe water cooler. Supervisors usually try to ignore the problem. If thatdoesn't work, some try 'encouraging' the use of English. Others issueterse memos prohibiting employees from speaking Spanish to eachother.

"'It's an issue that no one wants to discuss, really, because it'svery touchy from the standpoint of equal -opportunity laws,' saysJohn Holt, head of the Personnel Association of Greater Miami. 'Butthe problem is prevalent in many areas.' The issue can be more than'touchy.' Says a spokesman for the Miami office of the Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): 'For the employer to prohibitthe speaking of anyone's native language is a violation of Title 7 (ofthe 1964 Civil Rights Act). If we receive a complaint about such a rule,we would honor the complaint.' In Washington, D.C. an EEOC spokes-man is not so definite in his opinion, but says the commission hasnever upheld an employer's rule prohibiting a foreign language. It isalmost certainly illegal, says the Washington spokesman, to banemployees from using their native language in non -work areas-coffeeroom, cafeterias, rest rooms. Even in work areas, it may be illegal-unless the employer can show a strong 'business necessity.'

"Cultural differences aside, social observers say there's a simplepsychological reaction to hearing a language you don't understand.'You feel left out, alienated,' says UM sociologist Aaron Lipman.'Americans are extremely ethnocentric. We view differences as athreat. And we are rather violent people, so we react with hostilityto the threat. Most Americans don't know how difficult it is to acquirea second language. Even after a person has learned it, it's still easierto talk in his own.' Observers also agree that, with the Cubans, unlikeother immigrant groups, the native language is going to remain astrong force and 'Spanish is going to last for a much longer timethan the languages of other immigrants. Americans had better getused to it.' "

I'm sorry that a matter of space does not permit me to mention thewhole article in this column. It's a shame!

Now, the whole thing with Latins is quite different. They arestrongly fastened to their heritage and culture. It doesn't matter ifyou are considering Cubans or Puerto Ricans, Spanish or Peruvians,Mexicans or Colombians. It doesn't matter if they are immigrants orborn Americans of Latin descendants. They consider themselvesLatins . . . and that's it. They will fight for their language because it issimply a way to express their complaint for those years of prejudiceand the discouragement of being Latins and sounding different.Spanish will keep growing with more and more intensity. It is notonly a matter of languages. It is a matter of pride. More and moreradio stations will go Spanish and the influence of Latin music in theAmerican market will grow stronger. A whole movement had startedregarding decreasing the promotion of American records in Latincountries unless Americans start showing more acceptance for Latinand European product. In order to understand this whole mattereither you have to be a Latin or to be fully and deeply involved withLatins. That's why, I am sure, this writer will keep writing about Latinrecords in Spanish for quite a long time and Latin radio will keepflourishing in the States with great intensity.

And, as a matter of fact, a few years ago, parents forced their sonsto learn and speak English because it was the only way to survive inan English society. Even so, they wouldn't understand a word theywere saying. It was very easy to hear that saying: "Oh, my sons do notspeak Spanish." Oh that terrible trauma! Today, it is very normal tohear: "Well, my son knows English but he speaks Spanish, and weare proud of it." See the difference!



RECORD WORLD 19...

ENGLANDBy RON McCREIGHT

III LONDON-Mike Oldfield will perform his new album, "HergestRidge, in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in November, shortly afterits release on Virgin. The show will feature many of the musiciansfrom "Tubular Bells" which Oldfield also presented live at the venuelast year.

Warner Bros. is going strong with new albums by Wizzard ("Intro-ducing Eddy and the Falcons"), Adam Faith (issued in three weeks)and Maria Muldaur. The company also has a potential big hit by RabNoakes ("Branch") and has just re-signed British band Back Door forthe world outside the U.S. and Canada.

Profitable signing for Rocket Records-Capital Radio deejay KennyEverett, who will cut an album based on his radio show. Althoughrumors have often been denied, another big signing could take placefor the label in February next year!

Bee Gees commence a three-month tour of Canada, New Zealand,Australia, Japan and the Far East on August 20, while Allan Clarke(EMI), the Glitter Band (Bell) and Mud (Rak) stay at home for toursthroughout the early fall. As previously reported, Georgie Fame hasreformed the Blue Flames and commences his tour on August 24 atthe Reading Festival, completing his scheduled 20 dates on September22 in Darlington. The Band are due in for a special concert at theWembley Stadium, which has a 100,000 capacity on September 14,marking their return to the U.K. after 3 years.

Hit singles on the way for Medicine Head ("Mama Come In"-WWA) and Brian Protheroe ("Pinball"-Chrysalis). Good to see that


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The Third Tokyo Music Festival International Contest proved to bean effective means of promotion for both Grand Prix winners ReneSimard and the Three Degrees, winners of the Gold Prize. The finalsof the contest were broadcast live on the TBS Network to an esti-mated audience of 12,000,000. CBS/Sony Records reports a tremen-dous demand of Rene's prize-winner, "Midore-Iro No Yane," sincethe broadcast. The previously unranked single soared to the numbertwenty position on Confidence's Top 100 singles chart for the weekof July 15, and was bulleted at no. 7 on July 22, being ranked at no. 3on August 5. Sales of the Three Degrees latest single, "When Will I

See You Again," have also increased as a result of the contest. It wasranked at no. 79 on July 15, and at 54 on August 5. Shirley Bassey'sguest appearance at the Festival was also telecast live, sparking a risein her popularity. To keep up with Shirley's rising popularity, KingRecords launched a strong promotional campaign by releasing fiveof her albums, including "When You Smile."

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will make their second visit to Japan atthe middle of this month to give seventeen performances in severalmajor cities under the promotion of Udo Music, Inc.

Toha Attractions has invited Tom Jones to make a second visit toJapan in November. The ever popular Welshman is scheduled to hold


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B RDER LINESBy LARRY LeBLANC

IN TORONTO-Recording recently at RCA wassinger -composer Bob Ruzicka. He put down 6sides for future RCA release . . . Daffodil Recordshas worked out a national distribution agreementwith a major label which will be announcedshortly . . . Quality artist Michael Argue recordingat Eastern Sound with John Capek arranging andBob Morten producing. First single for the labelwill be "Dancing With Your Lady."

Glowinski and Gee advertising firm now super-vising all Quality Records advertising including radio spots and printmedia . . . CHUM -FM (Toronto) taped the recent appearance hereby America. Canadian distribution of the tape is being handled byWEA's Larry Green . . . New single for Gordon Lightfoot is an editedand remixed version of "Carefree Highway." Lightfoot's "Sundown"single currently topping charts in South Africa, Australia and Holland.It has also turned up on British charts ... Larry Utall here conferringwith Attic Records heads Al Mair and Tom Williams. Attic's successfuldebut group Fludd appear at Ontario Place on August 29. The dateis being utilized as a showcasing of the group to American agentsand record firms.

When Tom T. Hall cancelled out of a Charlottetown gig, RCA'sMercy Brothers turned up and wowed the crowd. Response to thegroup was deafening . . . John Capek producing English session forQuebec singer Karo at Thunder Sound . . . Alice Cooper in townthis week for sessions with Bob Ezrin . . . Polydor and Ben Kaye As-sociates have pacted a long-term agreement over Tinker's Moon . . .

Justin Paige recording at Manta Sound with Lee De Carlo produc-ing. Sides are for an eventual Ip ... Capitol's Babe Ruth to appear inMontreal on Aug. 14 at Places des Nations. Next evening the bandwill tape a session for CHOM-FM . . . CHUM -FM (Toronto) staff allbattling with an outbreak of German measles.


GERMANYBy PAUL SIEGEL

II VIENNA-Reporting from charming Vienna thisweek and discovering the importance of radiostation "ORF." They broadcast twenty-two hourseach day and have a very successful format, whichis instrumental in breaking open new records forthe European market, which, in some cases, reachthe American pop -charts. The station is headedby Ernst Grisseman and is not only popular inAustria, but is gaining widespread listenership inSwitzerland and Germany as well.

Presently the hottest Viennese single, which is due for release inGermany soon, is by Hungarian thrush Aniko Benko with two smashsides, "Sag Zum Leben Ja" (Say Yes To Life) and "Geh Zu Ihr" (GoTo Her). Both were produced by talented "ORF" disc jockey andprogrammer, Eva Maria Kaiser. . . . Highly recommended are allalbums out by Erika Pluhar, a Viennese stage and television actress,whose exciting song interpretations are of great merit.

Dr. Erich Kleinschuster chatting about his successful middle Euro-pean tour with Shirley Bassey, as he and his "ORF Big Band" backedthe great United Artists chanteuse . . . Surprising information:Germany's greatly successful artists Peter Alexander and Udo Jurgensare not German but are in fact Austrian . . . Visited with musicalexpert (who's eighty-five years young) Frau Marianne Kaiser. She'sstill playing the piano to accompany her talented vocal -poet, Stevie,who is interpreting Richard Wagner themes . . . Auf Wiedersehn'til next week!

Englan d(Continued from page 50)

albums from Ronnie Lane ("Anymore For Anymore"-GM) and StevieWonder, whose long awaited follow-up to "Innervisions," "Fulfilling-ness' First Finale," has been released by Motown. Donovan to returnon Epic soon with new titles produced by Andrew Oldham, and DaveMason's new set for the label is ready for September release.

SALUTESCANADIAN ARTISTS

Record World's September 7th issue will spotlight the Canadian entertainment field. Prepared byCanadian Editor Larry LeBlanc, David Farrell, Peter Taylor and Patrick Harbron, the section will spot-light top Canadian artists in the rock, MOR and country fields.

Over 40 artists will be introduced with the focus on Canadians living in Canada and those.workingwithin the Canadian industry.

Issue Date: September 7, 1974 Ad Deadline: August 26


ENGLAND'S T 25AUGUST 17, 1974

SINGLES1 ROCK YOUR BABY GEORGE McCRAE/Jayboy

2 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN THREE DEGREES/Phila. Intl.

3 BORN WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE STEPHANIE DE SYKES/Bradleys

4 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW STYLISTICS/AVCO

5 SUMMERLOVE SENSATION BAY CITY ROLLERS/Bell

6 ROCKET MUD/RAK

7 AMATEUR HOUR SPARKS/Island

8 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS/Apple

9 KISSIN IN THE BACK ROW DRIFTERS/Bell

10 ROCK THE BOAT HUES CORPORATION/RCA

11 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED JIMMY RUFFIN/Tamla

12 TONIGHT RUBETTES/Polydor

13 IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL ROLLING STONES/Rolling Stones

14 YOUNG GIRL GARY PUCKETT AND UNION GAP/CBS

15 I SHOT THE SHERIFF ERIC CLAPTON/RSO

16 PLEASE PLEASE ME DAVID CASSIDY/Bell

17 SHE CHARLES AZNAVOUR/Barclay

18 SHE'S A WINNER INTRUDERS/Phila. Intl.

19 THE SIX TEENS SWEET/RCA

20 MY GIRL BILL JIM STAFFORD/MGM

21 I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND/MGM

22 JUST FOR YOU GLITTER BAND/Bell

23 YOUR BABY AIN'T YOUR BABY ANYMORE PAUL DA VINCl/PennyFarthing

24 IF YOU GO AWAY TERRY JACKS/Bell

25 BANANA ROCK WOMBLES/CBS

ALBUMS1 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS/Apple

2 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD/Virgin

3 THE SINGLES 1969-73 CARPENTERS/A&M

4 CARIBOU ELTON JOHN/DJM

5 ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE BRYAN FERRY/Island

6 JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH RICK WAKEMAN/A&M

7 DIAMOND DOGS BOWIE/RCA

8 KIMONO MY HOUSE SPARKS/Island

9 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD/Harvest

10 AND I LOVE YOU SO PERRY COMO/RCA

11 SHEET MUSIC 1 Occ/UK

12 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ELTON JOHN/DJM

13 SOLO CONCERT BILLY CONNOLLY/Transatlantic

14 HIS 12 GREATEST HITS NEIL DIAMOND/MCA

15 GREATEST HITS SIMON AND GARFUNKEL/CBS

16 REMEMBER ME THIS WAY GARY GLITTER/Bell

17 INNERVISIONS STEVIE WONDER/Tamla

18 THE STING SOUNDTRACK/MCA

19 LIVE AT DRURY LANE MONTY PYTHON/Charisma

20 BAD COMPANY/Island

21 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN NEIL SEDAKA/Polydor

22 BEFORE THE FLOOD BOB DYLAN THE BAND/Island

23 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH/Epic

24 THE WAY WE WERE ANDY WILLIAMS/CBS

25 DIANA AND MARVIN DIANA ROSS AND MARVIN GAYE/Tamla

JAPAN'S TOP10SINGLES

1. MEOTO KAGAMITONOSAMA KINGS-Victor

2. TSUIOKUKENJI SAWADA-Polydor

3. MIDORI-IRO NO YANERENE SIMARD-CBS/Sony

4. USOKIYOSHI NAKAJO-Canyon

5. HITONATSU NO KEIKENMOMOE YAMAGUCHI-CBS/Sony

6. Al FUTATABICORO NOGUCH I -Polydor

7. HAMAHIRUGAOHIROSHI I TSUK I -Tokuma

8. KOI NO AMERICAN FOOTBALLFINGER 5-Phonogram

9. FUREAIMASATOSHI NAKAMURA-Columbia

10. USUNASAKEKIYOSHI NAKAJO-Canyon

ALBUMS1. GOLDEN PRIZE VOL. 2

CARPENTERS-King2. KOORI NO SEKAI

YOSUI I NOUE-Po lydor3. ORIGINAL NO SEKAI

HIROSHI ITSUKI-Tokuma4. GRAND DELUXE

TONOSAMA KINGS-Victor5. TAEKO

LI LY-Toshiba6. USO

KIYOSHI NAKAJO-Canyon7. NATSU NO KANJO

SAORI MINAMI -CBS/Sony8. GRAND DELUXE

SHINICHI MORI-Victor9. LIVE

YOSUI INOUE-Polydor10. Al HITOSUJI

AK I YASHIRO-Teichiku

ITALYBy ALEX E. PRUCCHINI

Folk singer Joan Baez returned to Italy for a concert at Milan'sVigorelli which drew approximately 20,000 people. Italy's progressivegroup Area shared the bill. Ms. Baez went through her top hits andevoked thunderous applause when she sang in Italian . . . The openair pop festival of Santa Monica on the Adriatic Riviera is still notfirmed up. Top British and American acts tentatively scheduledinclude Lou Reed, Faces, Mahavishnu Orchestra and others. Localauthorities seem to be reluctant about giving the go-ahead.

As we get further into the Summer, seaside resorts are becomingthe hottest attractions, featuring acts like Charles Aznavour andJuliette Greco. Rumors are spreading again that Liza Minelli will be infor at least one August concert . . . Orietta Berti has re-signed withPhonogram and finds time between appearances to get into thestudio to ready her September relase . . . Another Phonogram artist,Orme, back in the studio laying down tracks for an up -comingrelease while Nuovi Angeli and Fausto Leali will be away with liveappearances.

French star Michel Fugain has a new single out on Philips entitled"Estate Insieme" . . . Durium taking great pains putting together oldmaterial for a series of albums to go under the banner of "JazzLive" . . . Ciao!

Border Lines (Continued from page 51)

TV Productions and RCA have cooperated in producing a newAl Chearney Ip titled "Ukranian Fiddle Favourites" . . . Martin Onrotwill bring in PFM to the Victory Theatre on Aug. 22 ... CBS producerAnn Hunter taped Dianne Brooks at the 4 Seasons utilizing BrianAhearn's elaborate remote sound booth . . . Scott Cameron newPD at CHSC (St. Catherine's) ... A&M Records has sent Charity Brownrecord parts to its Japanese affiliate due to excitement over "ElizaStone."

Valdy came out of summer hiding to appear at the London CityFestival. He'll return to this area at the end of the month for threedays of media commitments . . . The annual Canadian EntertainmentConference in Kitchener will be held November 7-10 at the ValhallaInn in Kitchener. For further information write: C.E.C., 194 WeberSt. E., Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 1E4 . . . Anne Murray back from herbrief summer holiday for a debut appearance at New York's CentralPark, Schaefer Festival. Following that stint she flew to L.A. for a3 -day appearance with Loggins and Messina at the Universal Amphi-theatre. She's set to record in Eastern Sound at the end of month.

Japan (Continued from page 50)

several concerts in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyushu during his week-longstay here.

One hundred fifty new recording artists debuted between Januaryand June this year, a decline from the number of acts which firstappeared during the same period in 1973 and 1972 (193 and 229,respectively). The decreasing figures reflect Japanese company policiesemphasizing quality rather than quantity in the selection of new talent.

Toshiba EMI will start releasing the EMI label on September 5. Thelabel will focus on releasing and promoting U.K. EMI -producedrecords, which have been released here on the Odeon label.



Reception for Reuben

Shown here at Motown Records oress receotion for Reuben Howell ore, from left,Spence Berland, Record World VP; Howell; and Suzanne dePasse, Motown's VP,creative division.

Capitol's AugustAlbum Release LOS ANGELES - Three entriesfrom Capitol's newly formed soulwing and two double albums byTennessee Ernie Ford headlinethe label's thirteen album Augustrelease, announced Don Zimmer-mann, CRI senior vice president,marketing.

Soul TrioThe new Capitol soul wing has

scheduled "All In Love Is Fair"by Nancy Wilson, "Hard CorePoetry" by Tavares, and "Dawnof Awareness" by Monomono, aNigerian group.

In celebration of TennesseeErnie Ford's twenty-fifth anni-versary in the record industry,Capitol is releasing two doublerecord sets; "Yesterday Today"and "Hymns Gospel."

Country and PopCountry offerings include Anne

Murray with "Country" and RedStegall with "Finer Things InLife." Also included in the sched-ule are Andy Kim's debut album,entitled "Andy Kim;" "New Day"by the Stampeders; "Voyage ToUranus" by Atmospheres featur-ing Clive Stevens; and "Now andForever" from the Lettermen.Completing the release is "TheWorld is Still Waiting for the Sun-rise," from Les Paul and MaryFord, and "Give It To The Peo-ple," from the Righteous Brotherson the Capitol -distributed Havenlabel.

Burke Forms Firm LOS ANGELES - Sonny Burke,staff songwriter for Jobete Music,has announced the formation ofan independent production andpublishing company to be knownas Free Delivery. The new com-pany will be administrated byMichael Arciaga, president ofFilmusic.

Sparta Florida GroupPacts Rich Pubberies LONDON - Jeffrey S. Kruger,president of the Sparta FloridaGroup of Companies, has an-nounced a major five-year dealwith the three publishing com-panies owned and operated byCharlie Rich and his managerSeymour Rosenberg. These areMakamint Music, MakamillionMusic and Double R Music whichSparta will represent worldwidewith the exception of domesticU.S.A.

Catalogue ItemsIn recent months Sparta Florida

has acquired representation ofthe New Keys Catalogue, the Bar-ton Group of Companies, con-trolling Frank Sinatra songs andthe Damont Group of PublishingCompanies.

Impulse Releases LOS ANGELES - Ed Michel,director of a&r for ABC/ImpulseRecords, announced at ABC'sAugust Sales and PromotionMeeting that the label will be is-suing ten new releases in Augustand September. Highlighting therelease is "Crystals," from SamRivers featuring the Harlem En-semble; and two albums from thelate John Coltrane, "His GreatestYears, Vol. III" and "John Col-trane/Rashid Ali Duo."

Also included in the release is"The Bass," a three -record set;Cato Barbieri's "Chapter Three-Viva Emiliano Zapata;" PharoahSanders' "Love In Us All;" andMichael White's "Go With theFlow."

Retrospective SetsIn addition, Impulse will be re-

leasing three other retrospectivealbums, "Milt Jackson - The Im-pulse Years," "Elvin Jones-TheImpulse Years," and Duke Elling-ton's "Toodle-oo."

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company. We started out that way, and we've had great success, butPhil's history, and my history both really come out of rhythm andblues. Country is just another extension of something that Capricornis interested in. If you want to be a record company, I think that youhave to be in all phases.

Kaylan: I think that Phil has always had an interest in the countryfield, but has never before had the opportunity of signing such a greatcountry star and legend as Kitty Wells. Capricorn has hired GeneAmonette to be in charge of country promotion, so obviously thereis recognition that we are going to be doing more, and that it hasto be handled differently than our other projects.

RW: What is the Capricorn philosphy regarding the artist roster-to take some gambles, or to maintain a tight and selective policy?

Fenter: We're going to try and hold it with what we have, and makethe acts that we have. We're trying not to oversign, though one cannever turn down good acts. At the same time you can only do somuch. We're not going to turn down a good act, but we're not goingto go too far. We're going to try and hold it to a very selective roster.

Kaylan: Sometimes we hear of acts through other acts. It was WetWillie who discovered the Marshall Tucker Band. They turned Philon to the group; Phil listened and loved them. The group had beentouring, but there was absolutely no exposure on them. We have hadwell known acts come to our label such as Elvin Bishop. He is doingbetter now than he was ever doing before.

RW: In terms of merchandising and promotion, what are the ad-vantages of a tight roster?

Kaylan: Obviously we get to spend more time on each act. Theroster is not really small, but because of the competence of the peoplethat are working on the label, and their high level of energy, wespend a lot of time with all of our acts. There is a point that I wouldas my example. Wet Willie had a number of albums out without gain-ing significant chart action. Had they been on a larger label, theywould have been dropped after the first album. This week the smashsingle, "Keep On Smilin'," is number 13 with a bullet in RecordWorld, and it is because Phil Walden and Capricorn Records believedin them and stuck with them. Capricorn does not sign a group togive them a chance with one single and then drop them.

RW: It is often said that a great deal of Capricorn's success isgenerated from its extraordinary artist relations policy. How doesCapricorn go above and beyond the call of duty compared to otherrecord companies?

Fenter: We have a good relationship with all of our artists; theycome to our homes and we go to theirs. That is because we likethem, it is not just a business relationship. We get together sociallywith our acts, not because we think that we need to make an ap-pearance, but because we like them.

Kaylan: Also, Capricorn is more concerned with the pi.blic appear-ances of acts than any other label around. Everyone within theorganization makes it their personal responsibility to make sure thatan act is around, being seen and being booked. Although Phil doesn'tmake bookings, he makes certain that the acts secure the proper


Grand Opening

The ABC Retail Record Division headed by Al Franklin opened its first super -sizedrecord and music store in the Altamonte Hall near Orlando, Florida. Bo Donaldson,of the Heywoods, who flew in from Hollywood for the gala event, is pictured holdinghis group's initial album. With him are, from left, Arthur DeFalcis, Orlando storemanager, Larry Levine, audio merchandising manager of the ABC Leisure Group'sRetail Music and Record Division and Al Franklin, president of the Retail Record Divi-sion. A second Wide World of Music Store has opened at Brookwood Village inBirmingham, Alabama.



CLASSICALRCA's Eugene Fodor

By SPEIGHT JENKINS

NEW YORK - On August 24the state of Colorado will cele-brate "Eugene Fodor Day," prob-ably the first such celebration foran American violinist. It is takingplace for the 24 -year -old erst-while cowboy because of hissharing top violin honors at theTchaikovsky Competition, whichtakes place every four years. Hisvictory marked the first time anAmerican has ever even placed inthe contest.

Though many suggest thatFodor should have won the wholething - and many in the audi-ence wept when he didn't - theviolinist has little cause to com-plain. Within no time after thevictory, everybody was fightingfor his services and the reasonsare personal as well as musical.

Fodor is one of those charmedcreatures who has great talent inhis chosen musical instrumentand movie -star good looks to gowith it. For the publicity machinesof this country, the chance wastoo great to miss: He has been

a soloist with a scoreof orchestras next season; plus aCarnegie Hall recital; he managedhis first New York area recital onAugust 3 at the Caramoor Festival(45 miles north of the city inKatona, N. Y.); and RCA grabbedhim to make a record that will beissued to coincide with his day inColorado.

The recording sessions tookplace in New York on July 31, andduring his lunch break he couldsee RW for a few minutes. Actual-ly, that time had to be shortenedif he was to have any rest at allbefore a CBS and ABC taping ses-sion, but his father appeared onthe scene to fill in for a few min-utes for his now famous son.

The Fodors are Hungarian (hismother is Italian) and with Eu-gene's great-grandfather being afamous violinist, the love of thefiddle was deeply ingrained in hisfather as a child. Mr. Fodor saidthat his son had worked in Col-orado for eight years with HaroldWhipler, a pupil of Efrem Zim-balist, and at 17 had come toJuilliard to study with Galamian.Fodor's work on the violin, oddlyenough, paralleled that of hisbrother who now plays in theDenver Symphony.

The big break for the youngFodor came when he won a fullscholarship for a year with JaschaHeifetz in 1971. At the recordingstudio he expounded on his workwith Heifetz: "Of course his in-fluence is great, but it's hard to

describe what he taught me. Hislessons went to interpretation, tothe description of a way of lifewith music. He was definitely notpedagogic." He paused andsmiled, a transformation of hisface into a look that has mademany a man a movie star, andwent on, "Heifetz worked on thepieces suited to a soloist. He onlyknows that kind of repertoire,and what he works on is gearedto show brilliance. I've profiteda great deal being around such anindividual." Told that his playinghad obvious touches of Heifetz init - nobody who knows the fid-dle could miss it - he replied,"Maybe so, but I feel my ownstyle became more individualthrough studying with somebodyno one could duplicate. His orig-inality feeds my own."

The concert at Caramoor con-tained a lot of showy, virtuosicnumbers, but to Fodor it was "avery serious, intense program.That night a capacity audiencesat under canvas cover as a slash-ing thunderstorm cleared the hu-mid air. Then Fodor, accompan-ied by Jonathan Feldman, showedoff as sweet a violin tone as hasbeen heard in these parts in a

long time. Nothing technical gavehim any problems: chords, dou-ble -stops, trilling flowed out, andthe tone stayed pure. He still hassome growing to do in ultimatemusicianship as the Brahms Son-ata in D (Opus 108) showed, butthe quality of the recital makesone long to hear that CarnegieHall recital (which hopefully willcontain some Bach, Mozart andBeethoven) and RCA's record.

The recording contains much ofwhat he played in the Moscowcompetition: lsaye's Ballade (Son-ata No. 3) which he played wellat Caramoor, the two gruelling,difficult Paganini Caprices, 17 and24, Tchaikovsky's Waltz Scherzoand Melancolique, Wieniawski'sScherzo-Tarantelle and PolonaiseBrillante and a transcription ofthe march from Prokofiev's Lovefor Three Oranges (the two lastwere his encores at Caramoor,and have of ten been encores ofJascha Heifetz).

Fodor's producer was the oldwizard of RCA, Jack Pfeiffer, theman responsible for the Rachman-inoff series and a world of others.He closely shepherded Fodor andkept the press out of the sessionsto give his young charge as muchrest as possible. The recordingshould be a great beginning to amajor musical career.

CRLD RETAIL REPORTCLASSICAL

AUGUST 17, 1974

CLASSIC OF THE WEEK

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BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEKTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING

-RCABERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE

-Solti-LondonE HALEVY: LA JUIVE-Arroyo, Moffo,

Tucker, Giaiotti, De Almeida-RCAJOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOLS. I,

Rifkin-NonesuchTs JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller

-AngelSCHUMANN: FAUST-Harwood,

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KING KAROL/N.Y.ALBENIZ: IBERIA-De Larrocha-LondonCAVALLI: EGISTO-Bavarian State Opera

-EurodiscDELIUS: KOANGA-Groves-AngelCHARLES IVES: 100TH ANNIVERSARY-

ColumbiaKORNGOLD: VIOLIN CONCERTO-

Hoelscher-RCASAINT SAENS: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Fox

Ormandy-RCASCHUMANN: FAUST-Harwood,

Fischer-Dieskau, Britten-LondonSTRAUSS: SINFONIA DOMESTICA-

Karajan-AngelTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING-

RCA

WAGNER: SIEGFRIED-Hunter, Remedios,Goodall-EMI (Import)

RECORD HUNTER/N.Y.BACH: COMPLETE FLUTE SONATAS-

Rampal-OdysseyBEETHOVEN: COMPLETE PIANO

CONCERTOS-Ashkenazy, Solti-London

BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caba Ile, Domingo,Ligi, Treigle, Rudel-Angel

HALEVY: LA JUIVE-Arroyo, Moffo,Tucker, Giaiotti, De Almeida-RCA

MASSENET: THERESE-Tourangeau,Davies, Quilico, Bonynge-London

PUCCINI: TURANDOT-Sutherland,Caballe, Pavarotti, Mehta-London

ROSSINI: ARIAS-Horne-LondonSCHUMANN: FAUST-Harwood,

Fischer-Dieskau, Britten-LondonVERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI-Arroyo,

Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi, Levine-RCA

WAGNER: SIEGFRIED-Hunter,Remedios, Goodall-EMI (Import)

DISCOUNT RECORDS/SYRACUSEBACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS-

Collegium Aureum-VictrolaBACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS-

Concentus Musicus-Das Alte WerkBACH: COMPLETE FLUTE SONATAS-

Rampal-OdysseyBERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE-

Solti-LondonGREGORIAN CHANTS-Vox BoxHANDEL: WATER MUSIC, ROYAL

FIREKORKS MUSIC-La Chambre duRoy-Columbia

HOLST: THE PLANETS-Boult-AngelJOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOLS. I, II-

Rifkin-NonesuchJOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller-

AngelTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING-

RCA

FRANKLIN MUSIC/ATLANTABERLIOZ: ROMEO AND JULIET-

Ghiaurov, Ludwig, Maazel-LondonBERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE-

Solti-LondonHALEVY: LA JUIVE-Arroyo, Moffo,

Tucker, Giaiotti, De Almeida-RCABEST OF HOFFNUNG-AngelJOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOLS. I, II-


AngelSAINT-SAENS: TONE POEMS-Dervaux-

AngelSCHUMANN: FAUST-Harwood,

Fischer-Dieskau, Britten-LondonTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING-

RCA

WHEREHOUSE/CALIFORNIABOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi,

Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-AngelDELIUS: KOANGA-Groves-AngelDELIUS: SEA DRIFT-Groves-AngelHALEVY: LA JUIVE-Arrovo, Moffo,

Tucker, Giaiotti, De Almeida-RCAJOPLIN: PALM LEAF RAG-

Southland Stingers-AngelJOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOLS. I, II-


AngelSCHUMANN: FAUST-Harwood,

Fischer-Dieskau, Britten-LondonTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING-

RCA

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: DONA NOBISPACEM-Boult-Angel

TOWER RECORDS/SAN DIEGOBERLIOZ: ROMEO AND JULIET-

Ghiaurov, Ludwig, Maazel-LondonBERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE-

Solti-LondonCOPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING-

Copland-ColumbiaCORNET FAVORITES-Schwartz-

NonesuchDELIUS: KOANGA-Groves-AngelMUSIC FOR FLUTE AND TAPE-Baron-

NonesuchHANDEL: COMPLETE FLUTE SONATAS-

Rampal-OdysseyHOLST: THE PLANETS-Stokowski-

SeraphimTOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING --

RCA

VARESE: PERCUSSION MUSIC-North Jersey Percussion Ensemble-Nonesuch



Holmes Is WhereThe Mind Twirls NEW YORK - Rupert Holmes(Epic) has a non-stop mind. Whilehis "Widescreen" album has onlybeen in release a few weeks, he'salready conjuring up methods tothe madness of his future re-corded projects. The same manwho wrote a hit about cannibal-ism for the Buoys ("Timothy" onScepter) is planning a number ofstranger concepts, including a

potential "mystery" single pair,wherein the clues to a murderwould be contained on one re-lease and the solutions to thecrime would comprise a follow-up disc.

His current single from his mo-tion picture -conceptualized al-bum is stirring some present con-troversy too, although on the sur-face it doesn't appear to concernitself with anything quite so flesh=crawling. His "Our National Pas-time" melody borrows a bit fromFrancis Scott Keyes' "The StarBangled Banner" and it seemssome listeners have become soirate at his "tampering with tra-dition" as to send "hate mail" tohim as well as to stations whichhave aired the disc. Almost thesame scattered resistance greetedJose Feliciano's version of ournational anthem when he re-corded it in his own style.

To hear "Widescreen" is toenter this English -born, Ameri-can -resident's mind on all itsmany layers. While most of thecuts are dramatic or comedicplotlines set to music, the closing"Psycho Drama" is a completecomedy featuring such famousvoices as WNEW-FM's AlisonSteele and Ed Herlihy in supportof his fancy.

Rupert's home in a wide rangeof "Widescreen" images, andhearing is seeing is believing.

Robert Adels

CBS Convention(Continued from page 3)McGuinn, Johnny Mathis, BruceSpringsteen, Albert Hammond,Booker T., Taj Mahal, JeffreyComanor, Dave Loggins, Donovanand the Hollies' Terry Sylvester.Other artists who popped up forthe galas included Cher, DorisDay, the Eagles' Glen Frey, JoeDon Baker, Joe Walsh and OliviaNewton -John.

The line-up of CBS Recordsexecs playing host to the acts in-cluded Goddard Lieberson, presi-dent, CBS Records Group; IrwinSegelstein, president, CBS Rec-ords; Charles Koppelman, vicepresident, a&r, Columbia Records;Don Ellis, vice president a&r, EpicRecords; and Ron Bledsoe, vicepresident, operations, CBS Rec-ords, Nashville. The only non -staffer who hosted a show wasColumbia artist David Steinberg.

CLUB REVIEW

Cold Blood Runs Hot at the Bottom Line NEW YORK-Long a mainstayof the San Francisco rock scene,Cold Blood (Warner Bros.) ap-pears to have taken a giant steptowards establishing itself on anational level. For starters, theywent into four months of self-imposed "re -adjustment" andcame out of it with a slightly re-vamped line-up, dropping onehorn and adding piano. Then theyenlisted the considerable talentsof noted Memphis session manSteve Cropper as producer, theupshot of this move being an al-bum, "Lydia," of which the bandis justifiably proud.

A recent appearance at the Bot-tom Line (17) displayed in actionthe prodigious musical talents ofCold Blood. On tunes such as"Come Back Into My Life Again"and "No Hands," the band soaredcollectively, threatening to sendthe entire club into orbit. "FunkyOn My Back" saw the band in ajazz -tinged mood as Lydia Penseand Max Haskett joined forces,alternately harmonizing and spar-ring brilliantly on vocals. Ms.Pense remains one of rock's mostunderrated female singers; she is

as powerful and soulful as any ofher more publicized peers andshe proved this point time andagain throughout the evening.

Steve Cropper's influence onCold Blood is readily apparentupon listening to the new ma-terial. Besides producing "Lydia,"he also penned what may turn outto be the group's piece de resis-tance: "Consideration."

As performed by the band, thistune, built around a simple bassostinato phrase, is a song for allseasons-a true classic. Therhythm is infectious; it grabs holdand doesn't let go, lingering inthe mind long after the song hasended. Lydia's vocal was ap-propriately restrained but toughon the verses; the horns built uptension until she finally belted outthe chorus: "Give me some con-sideration/give me some con-sideration/if you want my love."Then it began again. They did anextended version of the song andwhen it ended the audience waslimp, but craving more. A perfectending to the evening. Positivelysublime.

Event Pacts Fatback Band

David McGee

Spring/Event label principals Roy and Jules Rifkind and Bill Spitalsky have announcedthe signing of the Fatback Band to an exclusive recording contract on the Event label.The group's debut single on Event entitled "Keep On Steppin' " ships this week andtheir album by the same title is scheduled for September release. Pictured with the Fat-back Band are, from left, (standing) Bill Spitalsky, Roy Rifkind and (seated) JulesRif kind.

GRT Releases 13 Tapes SUNNYVALE, CAL.-GRT MusicTapes has released 13 new re-cordings on 8 -track tape with twosimultaneous releases on cassette.

Released through ABC Recordsare "Locomotive GT," B. B. King'snew album, "Friends," also avail-able on cassette; and the originalsoundtrack album to the forth-coming film "The Lords of Flat -bush," featuring the '50s styleoriginal compositions of com-poser Joe Brooks.

A performance of Bellini's"Norma" by Beverly Sills is avail-able in a three -cartridge set on

8 -track and cassette through theAudio Treasury label.

Still MoreAdditional releases include

product by Sonny Stitt on Cadet,Little Walter on Chess, the MillsBros. on Ranwood and six newreleases from Paramount's Twin -set Series of all-time favorites, in-cluding "Anytime" by EddieFisher, "All Time Polka Hits" bySix Fat Dutchmen, "Roy Clark,""A Six Pack To Go" by HankThompson, "Honeycomb" by Jim-mie Rodgers and "Pat Boone'sGreatest Hits."

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Waylon Wails to aWide-Rangin' Crowd BOTTOM LINE, NYC-Walkingon stage with the unmistakablebearing of a star, singing his songswith the undeniable convictionof a helluva natural man, WaylonJennings (RCA) opened his all -too -short engagement here (2)with one of his earlier hits, "TheOnly Daddy That'll Walk theLine." A hard-hitting talent whohas just begun to reach his right-ful place in country music andwho is also beginning to see someeven more overdue recognitionfrom the rock scene, Waylon keptup a fevered pace for 21 numbersduring his opening set. Theaudience was a complete cross-section of age and lifestyle, re-flecting the broad appeal of his


Capricorn's Growth(Continued from page 26)

As recently as a couple of yearsago, only the younger townfolksin Macon knew anything aboutCapricorn Records. Today, how-ever, just about anyone interestedin placing the city on the map-and in making money - claimssome sort of association with Cap-ricorn.

Walden and his record com-pany employees like the atmo-sphere. After all, as the folks atCapricorn often point out,"there's not much to do here buteat red hot chicken and makemusic."

Laid back and successful, in-deed!

Adano, Filmusic Pact LOS ANGELES - Milo AngeloAdano, head of Adano Music, hasentered into an exclusive co -pub-lishing agreement with Filmusic.The announcement was made byMichael Arciaga, president ofFilmusic.

Something 'Gold' LOS ANGELES-Rufus, featur-ing Chaka Khan, has earned itsfirst gold record for their million -selling single "Tell Me SomethingGood" from their album "RagsTo Rufus" on ABC Records, ac-cording to the label.

Mercury Rushes Rush CHICAGO-Phonogram, Inc. isliving up to the name of its latesttalent acquisition, the Canadiangroup, Rush. The album "Rush"is being rush -released threeweeks after the group was signedto the Mercury label.

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Frye and Murphey:Mimicry and Music LOS ANGELES-Delayed fromperforming because of a faultysound system, David Frye at firsttried to "ad-lib it" to a restlessaudience by offering off-the-wallcomments and antics with thefaulty microphones. After becom-ing cognizant of the fact that theaudience wasn't too enthusedabout the whole situation, he de-cided to exit and re-enter whenrepairs were completed. Once in-to his routine, he strutted aroundthe stage and mimiced everyonefrom Gregory Peck to MarlonBrando in his role as "The God-father."

Frye was preceded by a torch-like female vocalist backed up bya sloppy trio of musicians whopresented the audience withthree tunes, "Superstar," "I Be-lieve In Music" and "Feelin' Al-right." The main reason for thelack of tightness and presentationin the band was probably due tothe fact that they had just formedtheir group the very day of theiropening night at the Troubadour(16).

Michael MurpheyOpening the show was Michael

Murphey (Epic) who displayed awarm, genuine attitude to anequally responsive audience.Murphey jested and related stor-ies of various past experiences be-tween numbers, which really keptthe audience participation on ahigh-sprited level.

The group, although tight, is

strikinglly reminiscent of Logginsand Messina in their material andpresentation. It consisted mostlyof country -flavored rock with theexception of a pretty tune, "BoyFrom The Country," in whichMurphey displayed his clearstrong vocal abilities as well as hisfine musicianship.

Karen Fleeman

Wacky Quacky

Hoffman Pacts KB&S NEW YORK - Music industrypublicist Marty Hoffman hasformed an affiliation between hisPR firm, Martin Hoffman Associ-ates and the Katz, Baker &Schwartz Advertising Agency.Hoffman recently joined the adcompany as vice president anddirector of public relations. Hewill headquarter at the KB&Soffices, 545 Madison Avenue. Hisnew phone number is (212) 751-8809.

Under the combined opera-tion of the companies, Hoffmanwill remain active in the musicindustry as well as working withthe agency's other clients in non -entertainment business areas.

SG -Col Intl. Action NEW YORK - Returning fromLondon where he met with severalScreen Gems-Columbia/Colgemsforeign reps, Irwin Robinson, vicepresident and general manager,reported several moves beingmade in the international area.

In Italy, Edizioni MusicaliScreen Gems -Columbia S.R.L. hasbeefed up its promotion depart-ment and has decided to createits own in house printed musicservice.

"Additions to the promotiondepartment have also been madein Japan through our exploitationagent, Alfa Music Ltd. of Tokyo,"Robinson said.

"In Holland a new promotionand exploitation department hasbeen in operation for the pastthree months and we are verypleased with the results. We aremaking use of taped interviewsand films of our writer/artists inevery possible area."

On a slightly different front,Screen Gems -Columbia MusicLtd., the UK arm of Screen Gems -Columbia / Colgems Music hasfully developed the use of itsnew recently installed 8 trackstudio.

Warner Biros. recording artists Quacky Duck dropped by Record World's offices duringtheir week long stay in Los Angeles. The man with the big nose is an RW staffer whowishes to remain anonymous.

The Coast (Continued from page 10)

of King Arthur's castle. Both album release and celebration are sched-uled for early 1975 . . . The title of Ronnie Wood's (guitarist with theFaces) new album was inspired when Mick Jagger, who showed upto lend a helping hand, impatiently exclaimed, "Come on, I've gotmy own album to do," after a false start during the recording of onetrack. The album, entitled "I've Got My Own Album to Do," alsofeatures Keith Richard and Rod Stewart, and is to be released soon ...MCA will release two Elton John albums around Christmas. One willbe Elton's first album, never before released in America, entitled,"Empty Skies." The other is, "The Best of Elton John." Ticket sales forthe forthcoming Elton tour are going well. In L.A., the three concertsscheduled October 3-5 at the Forum in Inglewood were sold outwithin eight hours of the tickets going on sale ... Jerry Garcia, of theGrateful Dead, will perform at a benefit concert for victims of thedrought in Ethiopia in Berkeley on August 23. The benefit is the firstof a series of regional concerts to be organized by the EthiopianFamine Relief Committee in San Francisco. Also on the bill are MerleSaunders and the Rowan Bros... . Joining Eric Clapton on stage duringthe encore song, "Layla," at his final U.S. tour concert in West PalmBeach, Fla., were Pete Townsend, Keith Moon, Joe Walsh and PattiHarrison. Moon really got into the number, and smashed his moroccasto bits. In Pittsburgh, Pa., Clapton was joined onstage by the Band,and played "Happy Birthday" to Robbie Robertson . . . Chip Monck,stage production whiz late of the Rolling Stones, will be involved inseveral concerts to be held in Zaire, Africa, during the George Forman -Muhammad Ali championship fight in September. Some of the actsinvolved will be the O'Jay's, the Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, StevieWonder and the Crusaders. The concerts will be part of a week longfestival in the African nation, the prize fight being the main event.

IN OTHER MEDIA: Kink Ray Davies, who has been hailed as the"Charles Dickens of Rock," has written a short musical play called"Starmaker" for British television. Davies will star, and the rest of theband will be involved, performing the eight new songs Davies wrotefor the play . . . The Kinks, Humble Pie, Roxy Music and Blue Swedeare the international rock performers for "Wide World: In Concert,"Friday, August 16, taped at the Rainbow Theatre in London . . . MickJagger has been signed to star in a new movie, "Joe Bunch and AllThat Glitters," that will be filmed in San Francisco next January byUniversal Pictures . . . Marc Bolan and David Bowie are making afilm together, with Bowie to write the screenplay and Bolan to penthe music. "We'll both have small roles, and we'll both direct,"according to Bolan . . . Cheech & Chong cartoons: Due to the recentsuccess of their cartoon -short, "Basketmall Jones," C&C may soonincorporate their zany characters into a feature length animated movie

Kahlil Gibran's book, "The Prophet," is being made into an albumand stage play. Atlantic Records will release the album this fall, whichfeatures narration by actor Richard Harris. The new album will includea musical score by Arif Mardin . . . Bobby Roberts has come up witha new movie, "Death Wish," which is embellished with a HerbieHancock score.

RECORDING: Jeff Beck is currently in the studio with ex -Beatles'producer, George Martin, putting a guitar album together for EpicRecords . . . "Smiler" will be the title of Rod Stewart's forthcomingsolo album. Included on the album will be songs written exclusivelyfor him by Paul McCartney and Elton John. The album will be releasedto coincide with his European tour with the Faces . . . AlthoughEmerson, Lake and Palmer will continue to play together, each mem-ber has announced plans to cut solo albums ... B. B. King and BobbyBlue Bland have joined forces and are waxing a new joint blues albumfor ABC Records . . . Leon Russell and the Gap Band cut some tracksin Nashville, where some of Paul McCartney's band sat in ... ProducerJohn Boylan has been busy scheduling sessions lately. Recently hewas at the Record Plant in L.A. finishing Danny O'Keefe's latest, withthe Eagles as rhythm section on a cut called "Steel Guitar." Boylantakes Brewer & Shipley in the studios on August 15, and will go toSan Francisco's Record Plant to cut Commander Cody in September. . . Don Ellis, VP of a&r at Epic, announced the signing of Booker T.Jones, and the upcoming on Epic entitled, "Booker." Jim Keltner willplay on the album ... For you jazz buffs: Stan Kenton claims that theinfusion of rock has saved jazz from a bleak future. Kenton hasrecorded a new album based on the music of Chicago and Blood, Sweatand Tears, entitled "Stan Kenton Plays Chicago" . . . Bill Evans' firstalbum on Fantasy, "The Tokyo Concert," will be released this month.

Congrats go to former Record World music editor Fred Goodmanon his recent appointment as professional manager of UFO music,Island Records' pubbery.



vvORDMull Joins AvcoCountry Division NASHVILLE - George Richey,recently appointed vice presidentin charge of Avco Records' Nash-ville -based country music divi-sion, has named Frank Mull asthe local director of nationalcountry sales and promotion.Frank Mull joins Avco after threeand a half years as Mercury Rec-ords' national country sales andpromotion manager. Prior to hisposition with Mercury he waswith Capitol for three years,primarily serving as their south-east regional country sales andpromotion manager.

Over a year ago, Mull was oneof the key organizers andfounders of the National Associ-ation of Country Sales and Pro-motion Executives. He waselected as the Association's firstpresident.

Country Music ForceIn making the appointment,

Hugo & Luigi, Avco Records co -presidents stated: "We joinGeorge Richey in welcomingaboard the Avco team such anoutstanding country music execu-tive as Frank Mull. We know hewill make a major contribution inassisting George Richey in de-veloping Avco Records as a majorforce in the country musicscene."

Frank Mull

0 RECORD WORLD COUNTRYShepherd Leaves WB NASHVILLE - Mike Shepherdhas resigned his position as di-rector of marketing for WarnerBrothers in Nashville to enter theindependent promotion field.Shepherd will be handling countryand pop accounts in Nashville,Memphis, Atlanta, Louisville,Knoxville and Birmingham. Hecan be reached at (615) 824-1784.

4 Star Ups Sale NEW YORK - Joe Johnson,president of 4 Star Music Co.,Inc., has announced the elevationof Peter Sale from office managerof 4 Star Music to the position ofvice president & general managerof 4 Star's west coast operations.Sale is comptroller of the 4 StarMusic Complex and has beenwith 4 Star for ten years, startingwith the company as an account-ant.

Van Dyke Does Flicks LOS ANGELES - Conny VanDyke, Dot Records artist, makesa major motion picture break-through later this year, upon therelease of two films.

The first due is "W.W. and theDixie Dance Kings," in whichMs. Van Dyke co-stars withBurt Reynolds. Thereafter, it's

d," ca -Marring oppositethe hero of "Walking Tall," JoeDon Baker.

Her initial single for Dot,meanwhile, will be the title songfrom "Framed," a love balladthat's already a part of her niteryand club act.

Ms. Van Dyke plays "Dixie" toBurt Reynolds' "W.W." in theirbig -screen teaming, a countrymusic saga about an itinerantband, whose members includeJerry Reed.

She's the girlfriend as well in"Framed," sticking by gmblerJoe Don Baker as a crooked dealchanges his life and ignites theaction.

Cusic Joins RW As Southeastern Ed.IN NASHVILLE - John Sturdivant,vice president and general man-ager of Record World's Nashvilleoffice, has announced that DonCusic has rejoined the magazineas southeastern editor. Cusic hadpreviously worked for RecordWorld as an editorial assistant in1973.

Most recently, Cusic had work-ed in the public relations depart-ment of the Country Music Asso-ciation.

Don Cusic was born in Leonard -town, Maryland and attended theUniversity of Maryland, where heobtained a B.S. in Journalism. Hespent several years working withnewspapers in Maryland and Ten-nessee as a photographer, sportswriter and columnist.

Cusic left his post as editor of

the Jackson County Times, a

weekly newspaper in middle Ten-nessee to move to Nashville as amusician. Shortly afterwards, hejoined the Record World staff toassist in the Country Music Spe-cial.

Don Cusic

NASHVILLE REP RTBy RED O'DONNELL

Johnny Mathis, whose Columbia hits include"Chances Are," "It's Not for Me to Say" and"Misty," slipped into Nashville to record some ofLarry Gatlin's songs with Gatlin producing. Thesessions were at Chip Young's ultra -modern studioin the rustic setting of Murfreesboro, a town about30 miles south of Nashville.

I suppose you've heard that Avco Recordsopened a country division in Nashville withGeorge Richey as boss and Frank Mull as promo-

tion manager. Avco is well known in the pop and rhythm and bluesfield but branching into country surprised some of the natives.

Way it was told to me, the chairman of the board of the entireAvco operation attended a meeting of some of the company's musicbiggies and said, "Why don't we make some country records? I likethat music."

And it wasn't long before Avco went the Nashville Sound route.The story may not be true but it's interesting-to me anyhow.Jerry Newton, older brother of singer Wayne Newton, is quietly

living and working in the Nashville area. He bought a 450 -acre farmnear Fayetteville, Tenn. and a 341 -acre tract near Petersburg. Fayette-ville and Petersburg are within 'hiking distance' of Music City, U.S.A.

However, Jerry, former member of Wayne's act, is not here to pur-sue his show business career.

"I'm no longer interested in that phase of my life. I am raisingcattle and don't have any plans to return to entertaining," he said.

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COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK0z

DOLLY PARTON, "LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTER-FLY" (Owepar, BMI). The ladysimply gets better with everyrecord. The rich complexityand sparkling clarity of hervoice are showcased perfectlyon this light and soaring bal-lad. This self -penned numberbuilds its own appeal as Dollyglides through the image -filled lyrics. The vivid wordconstructions together with hervocal performance say thissong will storm country andpop charts with ease. RCAPB 10031.

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KITTY WELLS, "WHAT ABOUT YOU"(Hillard/Range, BMI). This isthe Queen of Country Music'ssecond release from theMacon -based label, and it'sa great story line that Kittytreats with cryin' emotion. Thisis another in a long line ofhits that will grab the massaudience of faithful followersthat she has acquired. Pro-ducer Paul Hornsby backsKitty with a bread n' buttercountry arrangement that en-hances her soulful vocals. Ca-pricorn CPR 0082.

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"COUNTRY IS," TOM T. HALL.Tom T. Hall is a genius of obser-vation. He has that special abilityto make everyday happeningsbecome larger than life in hissongs. These eleven stories aboutlife tell us more about "TheStoryteller" and his observations.Every cut is a stunner, with high-lights including "Forget It," "IFeel Like Flying Away," "TheLoneliest Girl In The Crowd" and"Country Is." Mercury SRM-1-1009.



The Grand Ole Opry Some Questions and AnswersBy BOB ANDERSON

The Grand Ole Opry continues to attract audiences at a record -setting pace. Since moving into the new house, the most famous show inthe history of show business has averaged 16,000 persons each weekend. Since July, every show has been a sellout (4400) bringing the totalattendance to 22,000 each weekend (the additional Friday matinee has also been a sellout). This is a healthy jump in attendance from the pasttwo years, when the average weekly draw was 8500 in 1972 and 9000 in 1973 at Ryman Auditorium (3000 cap.). The Opry is now sold outthrough mid -November for Saturday performances and through September for Friday night's show. A Sunday afternoon show has now beenadded which will run through Labor Day. But despite the increased ticket demands, many in Nashville music community feel that countrymusic today has passed the Grand Ole Opry by. It is interesting to note that of last year's Grammy Award winners none were Opry members.One CMA Award winner was an Opry member. Of the top 75 records on the Record World country singles chart, 11 Opry members holdchart positions. To get both sides of the story, Record World contacted operations managers, promotion directors, a&r directors and artistsasking them to give their opinion of the Opry's ability to enhance an artist's career and the Opry's ability to keep pace with the rest of themusic industry. All those surveyed were very vocal, but because of their relationship with WSM, some asked not to be quoted. Record Worldalso talked to Opry and general manager Bud Wendell. Following are the questions and representative answers, in the first of a two-part series.

Industry ReactionCan the Opry break an Act?Frank Jones, in charge of Capitol Records' country division: "They

are a tremendous vehicle for exposure, but I'm not sure they canbreak an act."

Ron Bledsoe, VP in charge of the CBS Nashville office: "No, notthe Opry by itself. Only a unique situation would allow that to happen,It's an in -person thing."

Don Gant, director of Nashville operations for ABC/Dunhill Rec-ords: "Not by itself, no. Country music has spread so much that oneshow can't do it. You have to reach the whole country."

Larry Baunach, VP in charge of sales and promotion for Dot Rec-ords: 'It has no effect by itself. It's one of the many building blocks.There must be an intensive national airplay campaign to break anartist."

Jerry Bradley, director of Nashville operations for RCA Records:"I don't think so. The crowd size helps, but only a hit song can doit. However, they can add support to a hit."

Is it beneficial to have an artist who is a member?Frank Jones: "It is prestigious to be associated with the name that's

known world-wide."Ron Bledsoe: "Yes, especially a new artist. It's not a necessity, but

it's helpful."Nick Hunter, director of sales and promotion for Atlantic's country

division: "Only if I can get free Opry tickets."Bill Williams, Epic country promotion director: "It's like everything

else, if you don't have other things going, it's not going to help."Bob Alou, director of MGM country operations: "Evidently Tom T.

Hall doesn't think so."Do you feel the Opry is reflective of country music today?Vince Cosgrave, VP in charge of promotion for MCA Records:

"For the purists, it's great. It represents traditional country music, butmakes no recognition of contemporary country. But I'm not sure itshould. However, because of their tradition, another culture hasstarted, the cosmic or progressive element of country music."

Ron Bledsoe: "Many of the people of the Opry aren't in the main-stream in terms of selling records. The Opry is basically tradionalcountry music, but that's not what the people are buying in largenumbers. There certainly is a place for the Opry. I feel it's good thattraditional acts have a place to display their talents. It's unfortunatethat the masses aren't buying that type music."

Frank Jones: "They're representative of traditional country musicand some current country, but you don't have a great number ofpop -country acts appearing because of their instrumentation. It's stillone of the greatest shows on earth."

Have you ever noticed any sales increases after an artist has ap-peared on the Opry?

Jerry Bradley: "In the long run, yes. In the short run, no. But any-time you appear before 8800 people, it has to help."

Don Gant: "Some locally, perhaps."Larry Baunach: "There isn't enough exposure in doing the Opry

alone to influence sales, because of the nature of the marketplace."Jerry Kennedy, VP and operations manager of Mercury Record's

Nashville office: "I'm not sure there's a barometer to measure theeffect of playing the Opry."

Is the Opry reflective of country music today?Larry Baunach: "You don't hear the same arrangements as you

would hear on records, but they try to be reflective of today withinthe traditional format of the Opry."

Jim Glaser, formerly of the Glaser Brothers: "It's not a reflectionof country music today because the top stars aren't on it. But it isa reflection of country music."


Bud Wendell Speaks OutRecord World: What do you think the real drawing power of the

Opry really is?Bud Wendell: I think undoubtedly the real drawing power of the

Opry is the acts. I think it goes without saying that we have 63members of the Opry and on any given show we can have 20 to 50acts. Obviously that's a very unique experience in itself, for somebodyto be able to go to see a country music show and see the top namesin country music perform on one stage at one time.

Then I think that there is also the tradition. Many people that cometo the Opry have been coming for many years and I think they areintrigued by the tradition and by the longevity. And I suppose sincewe have moved to the new house there's bound to be an interestin the new home of the Grand Ole Opry. There was a great responseand a great interest in seeing the Opry before we moved and I don'tknow if we were ever able to actively measure what that interest was.We were somewhat restricted with a smaller facility as compared toa larger seating capacity. That's a very hard item to measure.

RW: Are you every sorry that you left?Wendell: No.RW: The "Tom T. Hall incident" has been on people's minds

recently, and that brings to mind the question of what the instrumenta-tion policy of the Opry is. Is it set down as a guideline of some sort?

Wendell:. I would say that the policy is something that has evolvedover a period of years. Thinking back on the early days of the Oprythere was a period of time when they had no electrification and priorto that no amplification. I heard a story that when they first decidedto use the drums they used them behind the curtain for a numberof months and finally someone put one out where everyone couldsee it on the stage.

A great deal of the mail that we receive seems to indicate thatthere's a very strong nostalgic feeling among the people who come tothe Opry. They like to see us hold on to some of the older feelings,older traditions and the older instrumentation and so I guess whatI'd have to say is that we to a degree in that respect have for manyyears and will have to continue to react to what we feel is the desireof the audience and the desire of the performer.

RW: Is there any set rule to restrict anyone from using drums orstrings?

Wendell: I think we have been reluctant to put a full set of drumson the stage. But I think that will come in the not too distant future.But I think even many of the artists have mixed feelings about that.I think the artists themselves get a certain amount of feedback fromthe audiences. I think that they have a feeling too that there is amystique in holding on to the old traditions. I don't know if whenyou say strings if you are talking about a fourteen piece fiddle section.I don't know that that has ever come up. Like oboes.

RW: Just what is the membership requirement for becoming amember of the Opry.

Wendell: Membership is by invitation. And when a person is invitedto be a member of the Grand Ole Opry we invite them to be amember from that point on. We explain the credit system whichmeans that over a period of a year they accumulated a minimum oftwenty credits with a point for each show they work. And if theyfeel they can make the commitment and want to make the commit-ment, that's all there is to it. It's a handshake situation.

RW: In essence you must make twenty appearances a year. Thenthe twenty appearances is the only requirement?

Wendell: . I would have to say that by virtue of inviting someoneto become a member of the Opry we also feel confident that they arethe kind of artist that would reflect credit on the Opry.




UNTRY HOT LINEBy MARIE RATLIFF

KAWA, WacoKAYO, SeattleKBUC, San AntonioKCKC, San BernardinoKENR, HoustonKFDI, WichitaKKYX, San AntonioKLAC, Los AngelesKNEW, OaklandKSMN, Mason City

Station Check List

Reporting this week (alphabetically):KWJJ, Portland WHN, New YorkWACT, TuscaloosaWBAP, Ft. WorthWCMS, NorfolkWCOU, Lewiston, Me.WEEP, PittsburghWEET, RichmondWENO, NashvilleWCMA, Hollywood, Fla.WHK, Cleveland

WINN, LouisvilleWKDA, NashvilleWMC, MemphisWMNI, ColumbusWNCR, ClevelandWUNI, MobileWVOJ, JacksonvilleWWVA, WheelingWXCL, Peoria

Super stardom is flying in on the wings of DollyParton's new "Love Is Like A Butterfly." Added atWENO, WMC and WKDA.

Willie Nelson and Traly Nelson have teamed up fora real hot item in "After The Fire Is Gone." It'spicked at WGMA and WNCR! Heavy request item in SanAntonio and Ft. Worth.

Johnny Carver can't keep a secret! He's singing"Don't Tell (That Sweet Ole Lady Of Mine)." It'spicked at WMNI, KFDI, WEET and WXCL! Also playing atWITL and KENR.

Sunday Sharpe is telling everyone "I'm Having YourBaby" -- it looks like a winner for this sharp younglady with play and heavy requests at WHK, WXCL, WINN,WNCR, WACT, KFDI, WUNI, KWJJ, WENO and WMC.

Lots of folks putting their money on Dave Dudley's"Counterfeit Cowboy" with pick at WBAP and play atWXCL, WEET, KWJJ and WENO.

Conway Twitty sings "I See The Want To In Your Eyes"-- and the deejays want to play it. Picks at KLAC andKNEW, added at WMC, WCMS and WKDA.

Charley Pride knows how to pick 'em with"Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town." WCMS alsopicks it! Heavy play at WINN, WUNI, KAYO, WKDA, KFDIand WMC.

Hoyt Axton has his "Boney Fingers" on KSMN, WXCL,KLAC, KAYO and WWVA.

Nobody is forgetting that Moe Bandy has "Honk TonkAmnesia" -- stations reporting good reaction areWXCL, WNCR, WCOU, KKYX and WMNI.

Roy Clark is narrowing the gap with his "GreatDivide" with added play at WEET ,WHK, WXCL,WCOU and KKYX.

Tammy Wynette is talking "Woman To Woman" and thereare plenty of listeners! KKYX and WITL have bothpicked it.

Donny and Marie Osmond are leaving it all up to thejocks -- and the jocks are charting 'em.

'Hee-Haw' Prop

Writer Bud Wingard uses ASCAP's asso-ciate director Charlie Monk as a "Hee-Haw" prop while he signs an ASCAPwriter's contract. Wingard, who writesmany of the jokes used on the popularnationally -syndicated show, is also a

songwriter-and recently switched hisaffiliation to ASCAP. Monk dressed ap-propriately for the event in his everydayattire.

U.S.S.R. Tour(Continued from page 4)choreography is being done byCarl Jablonski, who was nomi-nated for an Emmy for hischoreography in the "NBC Fol-lies."

Cities in the U.S.S.R. tentativelyset for the tour include Yerevan,Tblisi, Baku, Leningrad andMoscow.

The talent from Opryland USAare all currently appearing inproductions there and werechosen from special auditions.

The show was written at a spe-cial request from the StateDepartment.


Music Row Adds New Buildings NASHVILLE -A park, severalnew office buildings and twomotels are being added to thepopulation of Nashville's MusicRow.

The park, located at the cornerof 16th and Division across fromthe Country Music Hall of Fameis expected to be completed byOct. 16. Unnamed so far, the parkis being constructed by the Nash-ville Housing Authority and willcontain three levels of pools,exposed aggregate sidewalks andbenches, trees and flowers. Afterits completion, it will be turnedover to the Nashville MetroParks Commission. The ne;,' parkwill cost $103 thousand and coverthe approximately 171'x100' area.

A new building costing $3 mil-lion and housing 4 -Star Music isgoing up on the corner of 17thand South. The 4 -Star Building,which will house a parking lot,two studios and a gourmetrestaurant in addition to officespace, is expected to be ready inearly 1975.

The Joe Talbot and AssociatesBuilding is currently under con-struction on Hawkins St. at 15thAve. So., next door to the Mer-cury Building. The building is atwo story affair with 10,000 sq.feet of space. The cost is ap-proximately $400 thousand andplans call for it to open in Febru-ary. It will house the business

office for United Record Pressing,MFP and Precision Record Press-ing. In addition, other office spacewill be available for lease toother music related businesses.

Browning -Scott and Associatesare constructing a twelve storybuilding on the corner of 17thand South, across from the new4 -Star Building. Nine stories willbe above ground and three willbe underground for use as a

parking lot.Plans call for the first floor to

consist of commercial shops andthe top floor will be a penthousethat will provide a beautiful viewof the southwest section ofNashville. The building is sched-uled to be completed in mid tolate September and will costapproximately $3 million. It ismanaged by BHS ManagementCo. who have reported thatseveral music related firms planto move into the building uponits completion.

All three of the new officebuildings presently have spaceavailable.

The two new motels are theSpence Manor Lodge on 16thacross from the Country MusicHall of Fame, and the Hall ofFame Motor Inn which is locatedon the corner of 15th and Divi-sion in back of the Country MusicHall of Fame. Both are completedand are renting rooms.

Nashville Reporta cross between a Brahma and an Angus.

"I didn't come to this section with any notion of getting into countrymusic," he explained.

"I'll tell you exactly how it all happened."My family and I wanted a change of scenery from the western

part of the U.S. So I sold my ranch in Arizona (4,500 acres) and we-my wife, our son Dean and my father-in-law Marvin Sneed-drove allover the nation in our motor home.

"We must have covered about 8,000 miles. There were few, if any,sections of the country we didn't visit. We weren't 'touted' on middleTennessee but when we saw it, we all agreed it was what we werelooking for."

Newton says he does not miss the singing or the spotlight. "WhatI enjoy is working on our farms-my father-in-law is the manager-and living the quiet and simple life."

Master guitarist Chet Atkins says he worries about the future ofcountry music.

He's worried because the distinctions between music types-country, rock, rhythm & blues and blues-are breaking down.

"I kinda hate to see the country music get all mixed up with othermusics," Atkins told Associated Press reporter Chris Cabot.

"I hate to see country music lose its true identity, which it gradu-ally is doing.

"All musics are losing their identities," he added. "They're allcoming together."

As an RCA vice president however, Atkins has produced all typesof material and has helped engineer the growth and success of pro-gressive country music-the so-called Nashville Sound.

"I am responsible for some of the changes," he admitted. "I addedstrings and a horn or two. I didn't make anybody do it. I just wentalong with the times. But I am partly to blame and I apologize.

"Yet," he said wistfully, "a music dies when it becomes a parodyof itself. It's happened to some extent in rock music and it can hap-pen to country music.

"It all depends on the creative people --the writers, the musicians,the engineers and the producers."



Frank Fenter(Continued from page 26)

big name signed and make it," heasserted.

Rosy FutureFrank is certain of a rosy future

for Capricorn Records. "We havea dozen fingerling acts that will befull-grown trout in a few years.Our strength has always been indeveloping new acts. That's thetrue essence of a record company.If there's any more excitementthan that, I haven't found it yet."

Over Our Street

In town to record the theme from the up-coming NBC-TV series "Sea to ShiningSea," Tommy Overstreet (Dot) dropped byour New York office with Famous PR di-rector, Howard Bloom (left). The 'shining'face in the middle belongs to RW'sSandee Oxman.

Opry Comments (Continued from page 58)Jerry Bradley: "They're authentic. Reflective of some parts of

country music, but not all parts."Frank Mull, former country sales and promotion director for Mer-

cury Records: "I don't think it's country music as the average newfan expects to be. In that respect, it's a deterrent to country music.It sets country music back to a never -expanding audience."

Bob Alou: "The original conception of the Opry was to be a show-case for the best in country music. It has now become the archives."

Bud Wendell (Continued from page 58)RW: How do you consider inviting someone? What do you look

for when you start to evaluate?Wendell: We are looking for artists who are in a building point

in their career, a consistency of record sales, appearances, a desireon their part to be a member of the Opry, an artist who fits into thefamily concept of the Opry, who would enjoy being a member andbe proud of being a member and a person who would contributeto the Opry.

RW: Once they become a member or even if they are just makinga guest appearance, what is the pay scale for an artist and/or musicianto perform on the Opry?

Wendell: The leaders get $46 per show. Members of their travelingband get $23 per show. Staff musicians, who are musicians who pickeach week, for the first show they get $18 and for each additionalshow during the course of the evening they get $14.50.

RW: In comparison with what an artist can make on a Friday orSaturday night anywhere in the country in a package show, that $46is very low. How do you justify the discrepancy between the two.

Wendell: I would be the first to admit that an artist and his bandcould make more money playing a date somewhere else than theycan playing here. I think that the artists must equate it with whateverthey feel the personal value of what they get out of the Grand OleOpry is. We have had advertisers on the Grand Ole Opry who believethat on a given a Saturday night there are 8 to 10 million peoplelistening to the Grand Ole Opry. I guess you would equate it alsowith them working a network television show for scale. They, in asituation like that, would make considerably less than if they weremaking a personal apeparance. But the exposure they would get onthat show or the Grand Ole Opry-they would have to put somesort of a value on it themselves. As many of the artists would tellyou, there is a great financial value in being able to associate them-selves with the Grand Ole Opry.

RW: Is the Opry Radio Show profitable?Wendell: Yes, it is a profitable show. It takes the two elements of

the people coming through the gate and the advertisers to sustainthe show.

RW: Could you raise the rates on the advertising, not the gate?Wendell: Of course you could raise the rates to a point beyond

which you would lose advertising support. Everything has a value.RW: Has any thought been given to a syndicated radio show of

the Opry?Wendell: Yes. We did a delayed broadcast Opry show for many

years in the middle to latter '60s in which we pressed business andsold the show in markets around the United States and Canada.

RW: Why was it stopped?Wendell: It was successful from the exposure standpoint to the

artist which was our aim in creating the show. And it was sold tovarying size markets on a per day figure. As I recall we sold it foras low as $2 a day to $8 a day. Like anything being a syndicated radioshow or a television show and being on the air for four or five years,there was a lack of interest in it and frankly, because of a lack ofinterest, we folded it up. El>

COUNTRYSINGLE PICKS

COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEKCHARLEY PRIDE-RCA PB-10030MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKING DELTA TOWN (Hall -Clement, BMI)Pride proves his eminence once again with a contagious song that'sperfection in commercial appeal. More ammunition for Charley'sdynamite career.

ROY DRUSKY-Capitol P-3942DIXIE LILY (Big Pig, ASCAP)Drusky sculptures some fine sounds about the river life. ProducerAudie Ashworth backs Roy with bright and crisp sessionwork. Asparkler!

KENNY PRICE-RCA PB-10039LET'S TRUCK TOGETHER (Kenny Price, BMI)Price makes the most of the C.B. radio craze with a clever mover that'sa great chart offering. Listener response will be immediate on thisgreat airplay item at 1:57.

SAM NEELY-A&M 1612YOU CAN HAVE HER (Harvard Big Billy, BMI)The song starts with a laid back intro, then builds into a dynamic andrefreshing number. Keep your eye on this one.

BILLY WALKER-MGM M-14742FINE AS WINE (Briarpatch/Debdave, BMI)Expect heavy action on this rodeo tune that gets a perfect countryreading from Billy. He'll bring this one home.

KAREN WHEELER-RCA PB-10034WHAT CAN I DO (TO MAKE YOU HAPPY) (Pi -Gem, BMI)Karen keeps her career in high gear with this up -tempo tune. Catchymelody will grab your ear from the first listen.

DOYLE HOLLY-Barnaby B605JUST ANOTHER COWBOY SONG (Front Lawn, BMI)JANUARY BITTERSWEET JONES (Loyd of Nashville/Front Lawn, BMI)Holly charges this mellow song with his illuminating vocals. The sky'sthe limit on this flowing ballad.

TONY BOOTH-Capitol P-3943WORKIN' AT THE CAR WASH BLUES (American Broadcasting/

Blendingwell, ASCAP)Booth provides a country interpretation of the Jim Croce song. It's agreat story line and Tony hooks it with gusto.

TOM McKEON-Capricorn CPS 0201THE DEVIL CAME TO BIRMINGHAM (Tree/Windchime, BMI)This is McKeon's first Capricorn release, and this solid performanceforetells big things from this actor/songwriter. Watch this sleeper!

DARRELL McCALL-Atlantic CY-4200IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR ROSES (Rodeo Cowboy/Hill & Range, BMI)The emotion is here to pull the phones on the first play. Powerfulproduction puts this hit package together perfectly.

DEBBIE HAWKINS-Warner Brothers WB 7838MAMA NEVER TOLD ME (Al Gallico, ASCAP)Infectious rhythm together with a great hook will take Debbie highinto the charts. Earthy vocals launch this one big.

CRAIG CHAMBERS-Fraternity F 1234SWEET LOVIN' WOMAN (Broughum Hall, BMI)HALF A MINER (Tree, BMI)A super airplay item at 1:50, this solid country disc debuts Chambersas a winner. Everything's in place for a hot outing.

FLOYD "GIB" GUILBEAU-A/S A/S 4542DIXIE, HER AND I (Chesdel, BMI)ROBIN (Chesdel, BMI)A jumpin' number that's sure to brighten up the airwaves. Gib's emo-tional vocal performance puts the crowning touch on a biggie!



Waylon Jennings (Continued from page 55)

"renegade" righteous materialand delivery.

Album CutsSticking mostly to the songs

from his last three albums whilebringing a heavier, more steam-rollin' beat to all the tunes, Way -Ion had the crowd foamin' at themouth with sturdy stuff like hisnew single "I'm a Ramblin' Man"and the title tune country chart -topper from his current Ip, "ThisTime." But the unmistakablehighlight of the event was a newdriving tribute to the founder ofwestern swing, "Bob Willis Is Stillthe King."

His band was tight, and his ownguitar playing (although not pro-minently featured in the total con-text of his impact) fiery. WaylonJennings is the logical and mostenjoyable extension of what usedto be called "rockabilly." Jenningshas clearly made his own peacewith the world through his music,and helps his audience to do thesame.

Linda HargroveOpening for Waylon was singer

Linda Hargrove (Elektra), wholooks like she could be a stand-infor any member of Poco. Shun-ning the Nashville bouffant andunderstated emotionalism typic-ally displayed by most countrysingers, the long and straight-haired blue-jeaned Hargrove wasjoined by band member andsoloist in his own right LarryBallard (Elektra) and a strong

band. Together they worked astrong set proving again thatyouth and country green blendtogether rather successfully whenthe songwriting talents are there.

Robert Adds

Capricorn Country(Continued from page 24)in Los Angeles on sessions for herinitial album.

Other additions to Capricorncountry are Larry Henley, JohnnyDarrell and Tom McKeon. Henley,a former member of the New -beats, has written many countryhits, including Tammy Wynette's"'Till I Get It Right." His firstCapricorn single is called "I'llCome Running Back to You," andLarry recently began recordinghis first Ip in Nashville withJohnny Slate producing. JohnnyDarrell first recorded many rec-ognizable hits such as "Son ofHickory Holler's Tramp," "Hon-ey" and "Green, Green Grass ofHome." His debut single for Cap-ricorn will be "Orange BlossomSpecial," a track from his Ip nowin production in Nashville. TomMcKeon is one of Capricorn'slatest acquisitions. Tom's firstmeasure of success came as asongwriter for people like TommyCash and Burt Reynolds. His newsingle is "The Day the Devil Cameto Birmingham," with the flip sideof "Havin' A Hard Time."

Capricorn country is growinglike a proud oak, and the soundcouldn't be sweeter!

Dialogue (Continued from page 53)management and booking agents. Phil is the manager of many of thegroups on the label, so he is able to direct their activities moreeffectively.

RW: Last year Capricorn launched new merchandising ideas byadvertising in Women's Wear Daily and Vogue Magazine. How hasthat venture turned out?

Fenter: It has opened up, and as a matter of fact, since then I

have seen a number of other companies stretch out into these areas.I've seen ads for records in Penthouse and other magazines. Theseare the type of projects that I think we can experiment with due tothe nature of being a small company. We're getting into all kinds ofthings at the moment, and Diana is fantastic at that. In acquiringsomeone of Diana's talents we have obviously gained even morecreativity. We will always look for other avenues to pursue in mer-chandising. I think that a small company like this should not lookfor what the major is doing, but for what the major isn't doing.

RW: What lies ahead in both change and expansion with CapricornRecords in general?

Fenter: Not really that much. We're going to extend our staff bytwo or three people in Macon, mainly in the field of visual promotionand marketing. Then we're going to become a nice, tight communityunit, and just build on what we have. Warners is a great organization,and if we can learn to use that organization to its fullest, I don'tthink that there is any limitation to what we can do. I like to feelthat everyone at Capricorn really feels like a part of the organization.

Kaylan: August is Capricorn month, and it is giving us an oppor-tunity to express how seriously we have taken our success. We havebecome visually prominent in sales, merchandising, promotion, pub-licity, and virtually every aspect of the record industry. Capricorn isa happening label. We are successful, and we are happening withstyle. e


THE COUNTRYWORLD ALBUM CHART

AUG. AUG. WKS. ON17 10 CHART1 1 IF YOU LOVE ME OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 411 112 2 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 33247 69

7 COUNTRY PARTNERS CONWAY & LORETTA-MCA 427 7

4 3 BEST OF CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 31933 13

Ell 8 RUB IT IN BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC ABCX-817 9

6 6 LORETTA LYNN'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2-MCA 420 11

7 5 COUNTRY BUMPKIN CAL SMITH-MCA 424 11

8 4 COUNTRY FEELING CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA APL1-0534 14

10Ell BOOGITY BOOGITY RAY STEVENS-Barnaby BR 6003 9

10 9 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES MAC DAVIS-Columbia KC 32582 16

1111 16 IN MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD MARIE OSMOND-MGM M3G-4944 6

14 SPOOKY LADY'S SIDESHOW KRIS KRISTOFFERSON-Monument PZ 32914 12

13 13 VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONGS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 32531 2214 12 THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE CHARLIE RICH-RCA APL1-0433 2915 15 HOUSTON, I'M COMING TO SEE YOU GLEN CAMPBELL-

Capitol 11293 1016 11 PURE LOVE RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APL1-0500 16

El 20 1-40 COUNTRY JERRY LEE LEWIS-Mercury SRM1-710 8

18 17 HANG IN THERE GIRL FREDDIE HART-Capitol ST 11296 1519 18 FOR THE LAST TIME BOB WILLS & TEXAS PLAYBOYS-UA-LA216-J2 11

20 24 GOOD AND COUNTRY MARTY ROBBINS-MCA 421 6

26 JEANNE PRUETT-MCA 388 5

27 IT'S THAT TIME OF NIGHT JIM ED BROWN-RCA CPL1.0572 6

1331 33 BACK HOME AGAIN JOHN DENVER-RCA CPL1-0548 3

24 22 BLUE GRASS COUNTRY DANNY DAVIS & NASHVILLE BRASS-RCA APL1-0565 7

30 VERY BEST OF DON GIBSON-Hickory H3G-4502 7

26 28 WHISPERING BILL ANDERSON-MCA 416 627 21 LET ME BE THERE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 389 3128 23 FULLY REALIZED CHARLIE RICH-Mercury SRM2-7505 2429 25 WOMAN, YOUR NAME IS MY SONG TOMMY OVERSTREET-

Dot DOS 26021 18

30 35 SEXY LADY FREDDIE WELLER-Columbia KC 32958 5

UI 41 ELVIS-LIVE ON STAGE IN MEMPHIS-RCA CPL1 -0606 4

32 34 THANK YOU WORLD STATLER BROTHERS-Mercury SRM 1-707 933 19 SMILE FOR ME LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia KC 32941 934 29 THIS IS BRIAN COLLINS-Dot DOS 26017 1035 36 LEAN IT ALL ON ME DIANA TRASK-Dot DOS 26032 1136 37 TWO WAY STREET MEL STREET-GRT 8002 737 38 MAMA KERSHAW'S BOY DOUG KERSHAW-Warner Bros. BS 2793 1238 40 COUNTRY HAM JERRY CLOWER-MCA 417 5

42 FRECKLES AND POLLYWOG DAYS FERLIN HUSKY-ABC ABCX-818 4

43 STOMP THEM GRAPES MEL TILLIS-MGM M3G-4960 4

46 FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING JOHNNY CASH-Columbia C 32951 5

56 ONE DAY AT A TIME MARILYN SELLARS-Mega MLPS-602 3

43 32 THIS TIME WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA CPL1 -0539 1744 47 SHE SURE LAID THE LONELIES ON ME BOBBY G. RICE-GRT 8001 4

CEI 53 LOVE IS A GENTLE THING BARBARA FAIRCHILD-Columbia C 32960 3

46 31 RAGGED OLD FLAG JOHNNY CASH-Columbia KC 32917 1347 49 IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER-MERLE HAGGARD-

Capitol ST 11276 2448 39 HOUSE OF LOVE DOTTIE WEST-RCA APL1-0543 1049 45 HONKY TONK ANGEL CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 406 21

50 48 COUNTRY BOOTS BOOTS RANDOLPH-Monument KZ 32912 1251 44 GOOD TIMES ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA CPL1-0475 21

52 50 LULLABYS, LEGENDS AND LIES BOBBY BARE-RCA ACL2-0290 3753 57 I'D FIGHT THE WORLD JIM REEVES-RCA APL1-0537 12

62 CONNIE SMITH NOW-RCA APL1 -0607 2

66 THAT'S YOU AND ME HANK SNOW-RCA APL1 -0608 2

HEY THERE, GIRL DAVID ROGERS-Atlantic SD 7306 1

57 58 BEST OF LESTER FLATT-RCA APL1 -0578 4

58 51 THE ENTERTAINER ROY CLARK-Dot DOSI-2001 21

59 52 HELLO LOVE HANK SNOW-RCA APL1-0441 2660 55 LIVE AT THE JOHNNY MACK BROWN HIGH SCHOOL LESTER

ROADHOG- MORAN & CADILLAC COWBOYS-Mercury SRM-1708 961 59 NO CHARGE MELBA MONTGOMERY-Elektra EKS-75079 1762 54 ANOTHER LIVELY SONG TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic KE 32745 21

63 65 JIM STAFFORD-MGM SE 4947 20

1:1:1 - IN CONCERT FLOYD CRAMER-RCA APL1 -0661

65 61 WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME TANYA TUCKER-Columbia KC 32744 2466 68 A GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE JERRY REED-RCA APL1 -0544 13

67 60 SNAP YOUR FINGERS DON GOBSON-Hickory H3F-4509 1868 63 MY THIRD ALBUM JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ-Mercury SRM1 -699 2469 64 CHET ATKINS PICKS ON JERRY REED-RCA APL1 -0545 8

70 69 BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL LESTER FLATT-RCA APL1-0588 771 67 RED ROSE FROM THE BLUE SIDE OF TOWN GEORGE MORGAN-

MCA 422 6

72 71 AMAZING LOVE CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA APL1 -0397 4073 72 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 366 5774 70 IS IT WRONG SONNY JAMES-Columbia KC 32805 1475 74 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE LAST HARD TOWN TOM T. HALL-

Mercury SRM1-687 34

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Produced by Snuffy Miller

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11 12 MAKIN' THE BEST OFA BAD SITAUATION 10

DICK FELLER-Asylum AS -1103712 13 SUNDOWN 13

GORDON LIGHTFOOT-Reprise REK-1194

lE1 21 DANCE WITH ME 7JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ-

Mercury 73493

18 MY WIFE'S HOUSE 9JERRY WALLACE-MCA 40248

15 16 CAN I COME HOMETO YOU 11

BILL ANDERSON-MCA 40243

El 19 TELLTALE SIGNS 8JERRY LEE LEWIS-Mercury 73491

23 I'LL THINK OFSOMETHING 7

HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-MGM 14731

El 24 TALKIN' TO THE WALL 7LYNN ANDERSON-

Columbia 4.46056

El 26 I WOULDN'T WANTTO LIVE 6

DON WILLIAMS-Dot DOA -17516

27 THIS TIME I ALMOSTMADE IT 8

BARBARA MANDRELL-Columbia 4-46054

21 22 FIELD OF YELLOW ROSES 9CHARLIE RICH-Mercury 73498

22 5 THAT SONG IS DRIVINGME CRAZY 12

TOM T. HALL-Mercury 73488

30 STANDING IN YOUR LINE 7BARBARA FAIRCHILD-

Columbia 4-4605424 25 THANK YOU WORLD 10

STATLER BROTHERS-Mercury 73485

E121 31 I NEVER KNEW 7CONNIE SMITH-

Columbia 4-46058

34 PLEASE DON'T TELL MEHOW THE STORY ENDS 4

RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APBO-0313

27 29 I'LL DO ANYTHINGIT TAKES 7

JEAN SHEPARD-United Artist UA-XW 422-W

111 36 KEEP ON LOVIN' ME 6JOHNNY PAYCHErK-

Epic 5-11142

38 OLD HOME FILLER UP ANDKEEP ON-A-TRUCKIN'CAFE 5

C.W. McCALL-MGM 14738

37 BIG FOUR POSTER BED 4BRENDA LEE-MCA 40262

31 14 MARIE LAVEAU 15BOBBY BARE-RCA APBO-0261

EEI 39 I'LL COME BACK 8RED SOVINE-Chart 5220

33 11 STOMP THEM GRAPES 14MEL TILLIS-MGM 14720

34 20 DON'T YOU THINK 12MARTY ROBBINS-MCA 40236

THE COUNTRYAORW SINGLES CHART

AUGUST 17, 1974

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AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE CONWAY& LORETTA-MCA 40251 10

3 YOU CAN'T BE A BEACON DONNA FARGO-Dot 17506 11

1131 7 OLD MAN FROM THE MOUNTAIN/HOLDING THINGSTOGETHER MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol 3900 8

4 4 THE MAN THAT TURNED MY MAMA ON TANYA TUCKER-Columbia 4-46047 10

5 6 THE GRAND TOUR GEORGE JONES-Epic 5.11122 11

CI 8 HELP ME ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA APBO-0280 10

Ell 9 THE WANT TO'S FREDDIE HART-Capitol 3898 98 10 DRINKIN' THING GARY STEWART-RCA APBO-0281 119 1 RUB IT IN BILLY (CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC 11437 1210 15 ANNIE'S SONG JOHN DENVER-RCA APBO-0295 8

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42 (IT'S A) MONSTERS'HOLIDAY 4

BUCK OWENS-Capitol 390736 28 BOOGIE WOOGIE 10

CHARLIE McCOY & BAREFOOTJERRY-Monument ZS7-8611

37 40 THE WRONG INLOVING YOU 5

FARON YOUNG-Mercury 7350045 I'M LEAVING IT (ALL)

UP TO YOU 4DONNY & MARIE OSMOND-

MGM 147354a LET ME MAKE THE BRIGHT

LIGHTS SHINE FOR YOU 5BOB LUMAN-Epic 5-11138

40 41 THAT'S YOU AND ME 6HANK SNOW-RCA APBO 0307

1:11 48 IF I MISS YOU AGAINTONIGHT 3

TOMMY OVERSTREET-Dot DOA -17515

al 52 A MI ESPOSA CON AMOR 3SONNY JAMES-Colmbia 3-10001

El 7360 62

61 49

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WHO LEFT THE DOOR TOHEAVEN OPEN 4

HANK THOMPSON-Dot DOA -17512

STATUE OF A FOOL 13BRIAN COLLINS-

Dot DOA -17499

I'M A RAMBLIN' MAN 2WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA

1N-10020

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT 2GLENN CAMPBELL-Capitol 3926

BETWEEN LUST ANDWATCHING TV 2

CAL SMITH-MCA 40265WE LOVED IT AWAY 3GEORGE & TAMMY-Epic 5-11151

HONKY TONK AMNESIA 2MOE BANDY-GRC 2024 (Blue

HIGHWAY HEADIN'SOUTH 3

PORTER WAGONER-RCA APBO-0328

51 51 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD 5JOHNNY RIVERS-

Atlantic 45-3028I WISH THAT I HAD

LOVED YOU BETTER 3EDDY ARNOLD-MGM 14734NATURAL WOMAN 6JODY MILLER-Epic 5-11134

YOUR PRETTY ROSESCAME TOO LATE 3

MELBA MONTGOMERY-Elektra EK-45894

I OVERLOOKED ANORCHID 2

MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy 600456 58 EVERYBODY NEEDS A

RAINBOW 9BOBBY WRIGHT-ABC 11443

57 57 HARLAN COUNTY 5WAYNE KEMP-MCA 40249

58 60 LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBYRED DRESS) 3

ARLEEN HARDEN-Capitol 3911

I LOVE MY FRIEND 2CHARLIE RICH-Epic 8-20006HOUSE OF LOVE 4DOTTIE WEST-RCA APBO-0321DOWN THE ROAD I GO 7DON WILLIAMS-JM142BEST DAYS OF THE REST

OF OUR LOVE 4BUD LOGAN & WILMA

BURGESS-Shannon 820

FINER THINGS IN LIFE 2RED STEAGALL-Capitol 3913

WOMAN TO WOMAN 1

TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic 8-50008

PLEASE DON'T STOPLOVING ME 2

PORTER & DOLLY-RCA JH-10010

GOOD OLE FASHIONEDLOVE SONG 1

DON GIBSON & SUETHOMPSON-Hickory H-324

SEXY LADY 13FREDDY WELLER-

Columbia 4-46040ONE DAY AT A TIME 18MARILYN SELLARS-Mega 205IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME 4SAMI JO-MGM-South 7034WILDWOOD WEED 2JIM STAFFORD-MGM 14737COME ON IN AND

LET ME LOVE YOU 1

LOIS JOHNSON -20th Century TC 2106

SAVE THE BEST 1

BENNY LINDSAY-Royal American RA -1020

THROW AWAY THE PAGES 1

RANDY BARLOW-Capitol T3883THE WAY I'M NEEDING

YOU 1

CLIFF COCHRAN-Enterprises 9103

HANGIN' ON TO WHATI'VE GOT 1

FRANK MEYERS-Caprice 199

RONNYROBBINS

"Let TheMusicPlay"(MCA 402611

Ronny'sSingle Captures

ALove Affair

That Won't End . . .

The Music PlaysOn And On

Produced by Marty Robbins

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SONNY JAMESTHE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN

A Mi Esposa Con Amor(To My Wife With Love)

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