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`IN THIS ISSUE
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`VOLUME 98 NO. 40
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`OCTOBER 5. 1985
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`1 NEWS >Eight record companies have taken public stands
`against the stickenng ot records. >Flat sales are being blamed for
`cutbacks by the Record Bar chain. >Elektra and Warner Bros. ap-
`pear to have abandoned their experiments with all-board CD pack-
`aging. >Keynote speakers Dick Grittey and Frank Zappa sounded
`a political note at the New Music Seminar. >The Farm Aid benefit
`concert raised approximately $10 million In ticket sales, merchan-
`dising and pledges. >3/The controversy over lyric content has not
`spread to the U.K. or Europe. >Billboard and European Music Re-
`port have entered into a joint venture. >MGM/UA Home Video's
`Bil Gallagher praises his distributors. >4/ZZ Top‘s new album
`heads the list ol October releases. >61spec's Music's prospectus
`paints a rosy financial picture. >72/Motown Records is using an
`unusual audio/visual sales pitch tor its fall and winter releases.
`4 Executive Turntable
`56 Gospel
`52 Classical
`64 Album & Singles Reviews
`52 Latin
`72 Inside Track
`50 Dance Trax
`56Jazz
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`INTERNATIONAL >EMl U.K. managing director Peter Jamie-
`son has warned that the company's product may be taken away
`from the group's
`arm. >Newsline: Australia.
`COMMENTARY >Guest Column: Songwriter Sheila Cralt ex-
`amines “hard-core lyrics." >Letters.
`RADIO >Country music broadcasters at Radio '85 blamed a va-
`riety ol lactors for the tormat‘s ratings slump. >Out at the Box.
`>Newsline. >16/Vox Jox. >Yasterhits. >17/Featured Program-
`ming.
`RETAILING >The tramework tor a new national network of
`computerized one—stops has been set in motion. >19/New Re-
`leases. >22/On the Beam.
`VIDEO RETAILING >Musicland's new commitment to lull-line
`home video was outlined at the chain's recent convention.
`HOME VIDEO >Sony’s High Definition Video System is about
`to make its debut in movie theatres. >Newsline.
`VIDEO MUSIC >New York's Irving Plaza rock club has ended
`its “video—tree" policy. >New Video Clips.>36/MTV Programming.
`CE-1 SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT
`36A PRO AUDIOIVIDEO >The upcoming AES convention looks
`to be the largest one yet. >Audio Track. >Video Track.
`TALENT >Aerosmith has a new lease on rock lite. >39/Talent
`in Action: Neil Young, King. Ray Charles. >Boxscore.
`41 COUNTRY >Tri-Star Pictures and MCA Records are joining
`forces to promote "Sweet Dreams." the movie about the lite ol
`Patsy Cline. >Nashville Scene.
`BLACK >Moms Day is branching out with his new single, “The
`Oak Tree." >The Rhythm at the Blues.
`CLASSIFIED ACTIONIIART
`CANADA >The recording industry is getting ready tor a six-
`week cooperative celebration of domestic product. >Maple Briefs.
`UPDATE >Newsline. >Calendar. >Lifellnes. >New Companies.
`CHARTS >6/Chartbaatz "Part Time Lover" becomes the 26th
`top 10 hit ol Stevie Wonder‘: career.
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`Hot 100 Singles Action
`Adult Contemporary
`Dance/Disco
`Country Singles Action
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`Black Singles Action
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`Top Albums
`Flock Tracks
`Compact Discs
`Latin
`Country
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`TonPop
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`Computer Software
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`Videocassette Rentals
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`LYIIIC IlIlW NOT EGHDED IIIIEIISEAS
`Idea ofRating System Finds Few Foreign Proponents
`record business of late has been the
`oes in Britain or elsewhere.
`This story compiled by Nick
`Robertsliaw and Peter Jones in
`sensitivity of the record companies
`Industry opinion in the U.K. holds
`to the demands of the consumer.
`London, with assists from Jim
`that self—regulation has worked per-
`Put simply, the customers are get-
`fectly well in the past and will con-
`Sampson in Germany, Willem
`Hoots in Holland. Glenn A. Baker
`tinue to do so. The notion of a lyric
`ting the music they want.
`in Australia and Vittorio Caatelli
`“The industry's output is in etlect
`rating system is widely regarded as
`a reflection of public taste," says
`being just short of absurd.
`in Italy.
`Deacon, “and it makes no Lommer-
`John Deacon, director general of
`cial sense either to offend listeners
`LONDON Stateside controversy
`the British Phonographlc Industry
`(BPI), notes: "One of the main rea-
`or to place retailers in jeopardy by
`concerning explicit. violent or pro-
`sons for t.he success of the British
`issuing records with dubious lyrics.
`fane song lyrics has found few ech-
`Self-regulation is brought about by
`normal commercial pressures."
`He adds that if BPI members
`were ever to request guidelines,
`they would be provided, but that no
`such request has ever been re-
`ceived. U.K. companies voluntarily
`sticker releases deemed likely to
`give offense; CBS, for instance, has
`done so with recent Marvin Gaye
`and Joan Rivers albums.
`But even here, some retailers
`warn that any hint of censorship is
`more likely to attract some youthful
`record buyers than to deter them.
`Nevertheless, controversy in this
`field is not unknown within the U.K.
`marketplace. During the heyday of
`the British punk bands—whose cen-
`t.ral ambition was to be as offensive
`as possible—~records like the Sex
`Pistols’ “Never Mind The Bollocks,
`Here's The Sex Pistols" succeeded
`in amusing the hostility of the con-
`servative establishment, thereby
`helping to guarantee their commer-
`cial success.
`Where the Obscene Publications
`Act has been invoked, retailers have
`(Continued on page .70)
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`MGM/llA’s Gallagher Praises Distributors
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`NEW YORK A strong defense of
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`MGM/UA's distributor network
`merchandiser outlets such as K-
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`mart, which does not rent product,
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`of a keynote speech by Bill Gal-
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`lagher, president. of MGM/UA
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`to the video specialty dealer who
`Home Video, at this week's conven-
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`swell the ranks even further.
`Video Co. at the Princess Hotel in
`To the doomsayers who believe
`(Continued on page 70)
`Gallagher further contends that
`Acapulco.
`Gallagher, whose keynote Mon-
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`Weekly calendar of trade shows,
`conventions, award shows, semi-
`nars and other notable events.
`Send information to Calendar,
`> Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New
`L York, N. x 10036.
`SEFIEIBEII
`Sept. 30-Oct. 3, National Assn.
`_ of Recording Merchandisers
`1 (NARM)Retsil/Manufacturer Ad-
`visory Committee Meeting, Shera-
`n Harbor Island, San Diego. (609)
`' 424-7404.
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`Oct. 5, Music Law Synposium,
`85, Mandalay Four Seasons, Dal-
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`(312) 9885530.
`Oct 10, American Jewish Con-
`- press Cultural Achievement
`Award Dinner, Pierre Hotel, New
`‘ York.
`Oct. 10-11, Electronic Accesso-
`, ries Show, Atlantic City (N.J.) Con-
`vention Center. (215) 6757562.
`‘' Oct 10-12, Fourth Annual
`NARM Independent Distributors
`» Conference, Sheraton Bal Har-
`, hour, Bal Harbour, Fla.
`Oct. 11-13, Country Music Assn.
`‘llalent Buyers Seminar, Hyatt Re-
`guicy, Nashville. (615) 244-2840.
`' Oct. 11-13, 21st Annual Retail
`Advertising Seminar, Westin Ho-
`tel, Chicago. (212) 244-8730.
`Oct. 12-16, Audio Engineering
`Society (AES) Show. New York
`Hilton, New York. (212) 661-2355.
`Oct. 14, Country Music Assn.
`‘ Awlrds Show, Grand Ole Opry,
`Nlsbville. (615) 244-2840.
`- Oct 15, Annual BM] Country
`7 Awards Dinner, BMI Nashville
`quarters, Music Row, Nash-
`. (615) 259-3625.
`’ Oct. 16-18, Musexpo/Videxpo
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`‘IE, Kensington Exhibition Center,
`7 London. (01) 9684567.
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`" ‘ Nov. 9, I985 CMJ New Music
`. Anrds, Beacon Theatre, New
`York. (516) 248-9600.
`Nov. 14-16, 16th Annual Loyola
`National Radlo Conference, Holi-
`llny Inn, Mart. Plaza, Chicago. (312)
`020-32117.
`Nov. 1617, Ninth Annual Song-
`writer Expo, Pasadena City Co]-
`.bg‘e, Pnssadena, Calif. (213) 462-
`Nov. 20-24, Billboard's Seventh
`Annual Video Music Conference,
`ton Premiere Hotel, Univer-
`City, Calif. (213) 2737040.
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`Jan. 2731, Midem, Palais des
`tivals, Cannes. (516) 364-3686.
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`Feb. 26, NRB ‘B6. Sheraton
`Sashington Hotel, Washington,
`.,¢D.C. (201) 428-5400.
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`Pop Music Video Network
`Prepares for Oct. 31 Debut
`setting up sales departments, and
`BY JIM MCCULLAUGH
`Warner Bros. and CBS are charging
`LOS ANGELES Music Video Ser-
`for clips. This is a way those sta-
`vices—a major music video distribu-
`tions can pull in national advertising
`and receive a major source of revs
`tion, marketing and promotion com-
`nue.
`pany—is forming the Pop Music
`Network, an afliliation of video mu-
`“In some cases, it may mean sur-
`vival for a small station in a small
`sic cable and broadcast television
`market. It's hard for a station to sell
`channels and programs consisting
`on its own."
`of more than 40 million potential
`viewers.
`Persico adds that the arrange-
`ment is non-exclusive, and that
`The primary goal of the Oct. 31
`there will be restrictions in major
`launch, explains MVS president
`John Persico, is to secure and coor-
`markets to avoid advertising repre-
`sentation conflicts. PMN affiliates
`dinate national advertising for
`PMN and, in turn, offer major na-
`will still tap local advertisers.
`tional advertisers an alternative me-
`In addition to securing airtime for
`sponsors for PMN, MVS also hopes
`dia buy for next year. He adds that
`to orchestrate national promotional
`he hopes to add anywhere from five
`to 10 stations by year's end and
`events, contests, syndicated pro-
`boost the potential viewing audi-
`gramming, special features and oth-
`ence to more than 50 million. He
`er activities heretofore unavailable
`claims that the affiliation will pro-
`to tertiary market programs. Tar-
`vide a lower spot. cost for national
`get demographics are both male and
`advertisers than MTV, which boasts
`female 12- to 34-yearolds.
`MVS, with offices in both Atlanta
`approximately 27 million viewers.
`and Los Angeles, also offers re-
`Among current affiliates are
`search and tracking activities for
`New York/New Jersey's U68, Bos-
`ton's V66, Houston's Video Majic,
`the music video industry. its video
`L.A.’s Video w and nine other out-
`clip charts, based on television and
`les in secondary U.S. markets.
`club airplay, appear in numerous
`“We think the timing is perfect,"
`trade and consumer publications, in-
`cluding USA Today, Rolling Stone
`says Persico, “in that many of these
`and TV Guide.
`stations are just in the process of
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`I ;llellIleS
`IIITHS
`Girl, Diana Ruth, to Mandel and
`Boy, Ryan Joshua, to Gary and
`Deidy Riley Crittendon. Aug. 14 in
`Dena Casson, Sept. 13 in New
`York. He is vice president of busi-
`Dyersburg, Tenn. She is program
`ness affairs for Elektra/Asylum
`director at WFUL Fulton, Ky.
`Records.
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`Boy, Scot Lawrence, to Stephen and
`Nadine Peeples, Sept. 2 in Beverly
`Hills. He is a producer and editorial
`director with the Westwood One Ra-
`dio Networks.
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`Boy, Patrick Smalley-Wall, to Dr.
`Sue Smalley and Kevin Wall, Sept.
`9 in Los Angeles. He is president of
`Radio Vision International, a licens-
`ing agent for home video program-
`ming.
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`Boy, Harry Nicholas, to Dave and
`Samantha Frishberg, Sept. 20 in
`Van Nuys, Calif. He is a Fantasy re
`cording artist.
`IMIIIAEES
`Jonathan Zavin to Bernadette M.
`Hogan, Sept. 21 in New York. He is
`a partner in the entertainment law
`firm of Zavin, Sinnreich & Wasser-
`man.
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`Newt fompames
`Forest Park Rd., Atlanta, Ga. 30351;
`Ugly Alien Entertainment, a man-
`(404) 366-6657.
`agement and booking company,
`formed by Terry Selders. First sign-
`ings include the Dose, Space Goop
`and Martial Law. P.O. Box 26,
`Mansfield, Pa. 16933; (717) 6627035.
`Ben Cromer Productions, formed
`by Ben Cromer. Company's central
`focus is the syndication of rock pro-
`gramming to album rock, CHE and
`oldies-formatted stations. 2115 Sou-
`thall Place S.W., Roanoke, Va.
`24015; (703) 982-7397.
`L.P.R. lnlemational Ltd., formed
`by Larry B. Phillips. Company's fo
`cus is artist booking, management
`and development. First release 15
`“Ooooh Sha Sha" by Kee Kee. 3458
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`Nightwave Records, an indepen-
`dent record label specializing in
`dance music, formed by John DeLa-
`Vina and Kevin G. Toney. First re-
`lease is “Mag-ic," a 12-inch single by
`Brian Soares. 7985 Santa Monica
`Blvd, Suite 109-Box 440, West Hol-
`lywood, Calif. 90046; (213) 6503131.
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`Mach One Music Inc., formed by
`Byron Grant and Bob Hurley. Com-
`pany publishes the Express Music
`Catalog, a 22,000-title retail mail-on
`der catalog of music and video soft-
`ware. 175 Fifth Ave., New York,
`N.Y. 10010; (212) 245-6161.
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`llDll'T DELAY: Members of the National Academy of Recording Arts Si
`Sciences (NARAS) should keep in mind that this year's Grammy
`Awards entry forms, covering the entire eligibility period for members
`and the last three months of the period for companies, must be re-
`ceived by the following dates: Thursday (3) for companies; Monday (7)
`for members. Late filing could result in elimination from the nomina-
`tion process.
`GET THE FACTS about the issues involved in the “Home Audio Recording
`Act." now pending in Congress at the New York Music Publishers’ Fo
`rum, next Monday (7) at the Grand I-lyatt’s Empire Ballroom E, from 4-
`7 p.m. On hand for the discussion will be Congressman Bruce Morrison
`(D-Conn.), who recently introduced the bill in the House; Recording In-
`dustry Assn. of America (RIAA) president Stan Gortikov; George Da-
`vid Weiss, president of The Songwriters’ Guild; and Chappell/lnter-
`song Music USA president Irwin Robinson. For information, call Lori
`Mason at (212) 370-5330, ext. 63.
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`I IEI EXGLUSIVE DlSl'lllllll'l0I DEAL now has the major custom recorded
`projects of Book-of-the-Month Records, a division of Book-of-the-
`Month Club Inc., exclusively distributed to the retail trade by Caed-
`mon/Arabesque. It's C/A's first outside distribution deal. The first
`four releases to be handled under the new past (all are three-LP sets.
`with two-cassette and two—CD set equivalents) are “Sondheim,"
`“Songs Of New York,” “Bach Family" by the Zuckermans and “Bee
`thoven Sonatas” by Richard Goode. All were set to ship Tuesday (1).
`On Nov. 1, two more three-LP sets ship: "Complete Chopin Polonaises"
`by Arthur Lima, and “Swing Reunion," featuring Red Norvo, Louie
`Bellson, George Duvivier, Benny Carter and others. The stores and
`chains Book-of-the-Month Records had been servicing directly will now
`be handled by Caedmon/Arabesque. For information, contact (800)
`223-0420.
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`SUN BOAT T0 BEIJING: Neshui Ertegun, president of the International
`Federation of Phonogram & Videogram Producers (IFPI) and chair-
`man of WEA International, will head a seven- to 10-day fact-finding
`mission to the People's Republic of China. The expedition comes at the
`invitation of Kong Mai, secretary general of the Chinese ministry of
`radio and tv. Members of the IFPI group are: Allen Davis, vice presi-
`dent of IFPI and president of CBS Records International; Ian Thomas,
`director general of IFPI; and Nicholas Garnett, IFPI regional director,
`Asia/Pacific. The group is due to arrive in Beijing on Oct. 9, with the
`purpose of “increasing cooperation between China and the world re
`cording industry.”
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`Joint Telerecording Push
`Bomnusonics, AT&T Link
`cess and hard disk equipment to al-
`NEW YORK Compusonics Corp.,
`low music software dealers to re-
`the Denver-based manufacturer of
`ceive an album master via a digital
`digital audio equipment, has en-
`transmission from the record com-
`tered into a one-year agreement
`pany.
`with A’l‘&T to jointly promote the
`The retailers would then be able,
`telecommunications giant's Ac-
`cunet Switched 56 data transmis-
`in turn, to digitally transmit the mu-
`sic to consumers who would use
`sion service and CompuSonics digi-
`tal telerecording system.
`credit. cards to charge their pur-
`Under the terms of the agree-
`chases over the phone lines. The fi-
`nal step would involve the Compu-
`ment, the two firms will participate
`Sonics consumer digital audio re-
`in joint marketing activities, includ-
`corderlplayer (which has yet. to see
`ing promotional events, seminars
`production), which would record the
`and sales presentations for tele-
`recording applications.
`transmission onto a five-and—a-quar-
`ter-inch "super-floppy” disk.
`At a recent press demonstration
`A’I‘&T’s Accunet Switched 56 ser-
`hosted by AT&T at its headquarters
`vice was started last May, and is
`here. Compusonics made use of
`provided by AT&T Communica-
`AT&T’s land—based telephone data
`tious, a unit of the firm based in
`transmission system to digitally
`transmit and receive music between
`Basking Ridge, NJ. The service is
`capable of a number of applications
`Chicago and New York (Billboard,
`in addition to its ability to transmit
`Aug. 17).
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`David Schwartz, president of
`high-quality audio signals, such as
`transmitting large blocks of digital
`Compusonics, is a strong proponent
`of the "electmnic record store" con-
`data, improving the effectiveness of
`data networks, and sending digital-
`cept, an idea that has been bandied
`about for some time, but which
`lyencoded, encrypted voice or video
`signals and other forms of data.
`Schwartz says is now poised to "be-
`AT&T claims the system is more re-
`come a reality." While that is open
`liable and less expensive than satel-
`to debate, such a system, as seen by
`lite-based transmission networks.
`Schwartz and CompuSonics, would
`STEVEN DUPLER
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