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Dedicated to the NeedsOf the Music/Record IndustryOscar Nominees Named-HOLLYWOODCompetitionfor the "best song" Oscar, oneof three musical categories inwhich Academy Award nomineeswere announced last week, pitsperformances by Barbra Streisand("The Way We Were"), Paul McCartney & Wings ("Live and LetDie"),MaureenMcGovern("You're So Nice to Be Around"),Tony Bennett ("All The Love ThatWent to Waste") and a themefrom the Disney film "RobinHood" ("Love") against eachother. Three films ("The Way WeWere," "Cinderella Liberty" and"A Touch of Class") were nominated in the scoring categories aswell, and composer -arranger Marvin Hamlisch was also triply honored.Meanwhile, several soundtrackcharters including hits by NeilDiamond ("Jonathan LivingstonSeagull," Columbia), Jim Croce("I Got a Name," ABC) and MikeOldfield ("Tubular Bells," Virgin,from "The Exorcist") were ignoredin the final ballot as was the casewith "Lost Horizon" (Bell) and "OLucky Man" (WB).Best SongThe "best song" field, the musical Oscar category which normallyreceives the most public attention,has been narrowed down to theMARCH 2, 1974Gasoline ShortagesHampering DealersBy GARY COHENNEW YORK-A survey of record stores around the countryfinds that most are affected in oneway or another by the gasolineshortage and general energy crisis.Outlets most seriously affectedare reportedly free-standing recordstores, remote shopping centersand rural and suburban areas. Thereports of weakening sales alsocome at a time when there havebeen very 'few major releases,which some retailers blame instead for the poor sales showing.Since some of the nation's communities have begun implementing a form of gasoline allocationas a result of tediously long linesat gasoline service station pumps,consumers are apparently alteringtheir traveling and buying habits.The change, however, is not dueto any serious economic problem; rather it is a question ofpeople unable to obtain gas for(Continued on page 103)Knight-GFR Settle.NEW YORK-The two-year oldlegal actions between the members of Grand Funk Railroad andtheir former manager Terry Knighthave come to an end. Both sidesare claiming victory in financialterms; at the crux of the entirebalance -sheet seems to be the valuation of oil and gas wells. Knightclaims that these properties, nowhis as part of the settlement, areworth more than 1.5 million;John Eastman, attorney for GrandFunk puts the figure at "more likeS10,000."Statements from Knight claimthe total settlement amounts tosome 2.7 million, including royalty payments previously withheld.Eastman maintains "this settlementdidn't cost us a thing," explainingthat royalty payments previouslyheld in escrow were never in(Continued on page 103)By DAN BECKNASHVILLE-A consolidated effort is beginning to emerge in thesouthern United States aimed athalting the illegal tape duplicatingbusiness that has been costing therecording industry an estimated 200 million annually.A major step in educating andstimulating recording industry executives took prace here last week(15). The NARAS Anti -Piracy Symposium, sponsored by the Nashville Chapter of NARAS, joinedvarious trade associations, law enforcement officials and companyrepresentatives together for thetwo hour luncheon dedicated toending the tape rape.Stanley M. Gortikov, presidentof the RIAA, served as the featuredspeaker. (See below for excerptsof his speech). His remarks followed comments from the panelmoderator John Sturdivant of Record World; Glen Snoddy, president of the Nashville Chapter ofThe Public Speaks:'American Music Awards' Honors 13-following:(Continued on page 108)Cortikov Talk HighlightsNashville Anti -Piracy MeetBy ROBERT ADELSAlthoughHOLLYWOODnominees for the Dick Clark produced "American Music Awards"Feb.frequently(ABC-TV,19)crossed the pop -soul barrier (RW,Feb. 2), the public seemed to haveno trouble categorizing their biggest favorites. A total of 13 actswalked off with some 15 awards;winners in any one of the three(Continued on page 108)'Awards' TopsNEWYORK-National Niel-sen figures for Tuesday evening(19)placed the "AmericanMusic Awards" special on topof the ratings race. CBS -TV'snormally"Hawaiitop -ratedFive -O" (8:30-9:30 p.m.) garnered a second -place 25.9rating (33 share) while NBC TV's "Mystery Movie" ("Banacek," 8:30-10:00 p.m.) came inthird. The ABC-TV special wasclearly the public's choice witha 25.9 rating (38 share).-"Experts areHOLLYWOODnever going to agree with thepeople," Dick Clark told RecordWorld, followirg the completionof the "American Music Award"special which he produced forABC-TV. "This awards show canstand up there alongside theGrammys, the Oscars and theEmmys for that very reason. Theresults don't have to agree."Just to cite one example,"Clark continued, "this telecastnamed Helen Reddy as favorite female vocalist. She didn't even getone Grammy nomination thisyear. The industry has. that right,if they choose not to recognizeher this year because she wonlast time around. But then thepublic doesn't care about thingslike that. Our awards deal onlywith the tastes of the record buyerand the radio listener, not thepolitics involved in the industryitself."40% Rightrelatedhow, just for theClark(Continued on page 108)NARAS;past president of theNashville Chapter of NARAS CecilScaife; Bill West of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; Rob-ertStrong, assistant district attorney from Nashville; the Country Music Association and Country Music Foundation's legal advisor Dick Frank; CMA chairmanJoe Talbot; and Robert Knauss,Dean of Vanderbilt University LawSchool.Vest brought the need for morelaws and public education to theattention of the estimated 200 inattendance. He emphasized thatmost juries have little knowledgeor understanding of tape piracyand that convictions are thereforedifficult to obtain. He added thatagents are beginning to understand the laws and implications oftape piracy more thoroughly. Vestcommented that no investigatorfrom Tennessee had been able todevote his full time to ending tapepiracy. Later, RIAA president Gortikov took exception to this point,urging the industry to demandgreater law enforcement.Strong, of the D.A.'s office, notedthat the white collar crimes resulted in juries being disinclinedto give the convicted prison terms.CMA-CMF legal consultant DickFrank added that such punitiveaction was essential due to thefinancial capabilities in payingfines by most bootleggers. He alsoemphasized the importance of(Continued on page 109)RCA Engineers StrikeNEW YORK-RCARecordsrecording engineers have gone onstrike after failing to reach a newcontract agreement with the label.The engineers, from the NationalAssociation of Broadcast Engineersand Technicians (NABET), are reportedly striking over seniorityand RCA's use of non-union engineers for outside recordingsessions.The strike began Wednesday(20) and at press time, no furthernegotiations between RCA andthe union were reported. Picketingas a result of the strike was reported outside RCA's main office,at 1133 Avenue of the Americasin New York City.(Continued on page 103)3

RIAA To HonorN.J. CongressmanNEW YORK-The author of anumber of culture -related bills,Representative Frank Thompson,Jr. (D-N.J.), will receive the Recording Industry Association ofAmerica's (RIAA) sixth annualcultural award at a dinner inWashington, Wednesday, March13.Congressman Thompson will becited for his authorship of thebill creating the National CulturalCenter (now designated as theJohn F. Kennedy Cultural Centerfor the Performing Arts), hissponsorship of bills that createdthe National Council on the Artsand the National Foundation onthe Arts and the Humanities, andfor authoring the bill that preserved from demolition the historic Patent Office Building inWashington, now the repository(Continued on page 107)NARM BallotingFor 'Best Sellers'BALA CYNWYD, PA.-The National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM) has revealedtheir official ballot for "best seller"awards in 21 categories. Results ofthe competition will be announced at the closing NARMbanquet (March 27), at whichDavid Steinberg will act as hostand Tom Jones will be guest performer.Four write-in categories (children's album and line, economyalbum and line) join 17 otheraward classifications: hit single,album, movie soundtrack, maleartist, male country artist, femalecountry artist, male soul artist,female soul artist, group, orchestraand/or instrumental artist, jazzartist, comedy artist, classical album, new male artist, new femaleartist and new group.According to NARM, "the votesare based on actual sales in theretail outlets serviced by our rackjobbing (and/or one stop) operation, or in the retail stores and/orleased departments owned by thecompany."Wayne to JoinIrving/AlmoLOS ANGELES-RecordWorldlearned that within threeweeks, Artie Wayne will assumethe post of executive director ofmusic publishing for Irving/AlmoMusic. For the past three and ahalf years, Wayne has been withWarner Brothers Music here, mostrecently as general professionalmanager and director of creativeservices. There was no indicationof what new position may be assumed by Bud Dain, who currentlyheads Irving/Almo Music.hastries -EMI, Inc. has announced thatit plans to make a cash tenderoffer for all of the approximately1,350,000 of its outstanding sharesheld by shareholders other thanEMI Limited. The tender offerprice will be 15 per share netand all shares properly tenderedwill be accepted. Capitol will pay(Continued on page 102)4-Jerry Greenberg,announced that Ann Ivil has beennamed director of publicity forthe firm. Ms. Ivil comes to At-lantic'sNew York headquartersfrom London, where she has beenhead of creative services for Atlantic, as well as publicity directorof WEA International.-The Society ofNEW YORKthe Plastics Industry, Inc., afterhaving participated in the successful campaign to have the Cost ofLiving Council decontrol plasticsprices on the manufacturing level,has now called for an end to allwage and price controls affectingplastics industries. In making thatdecision, the Society noted that"SPI favors the elimination of allcontrols and a return to a freeeconomy as soon as possible." Inaddition, they are pressiig theirdemand that the Federal EnergyOffice take further steps to makemore. materials available to theplastics industry.Schroeder toRCA Sales PostNEWYORK-Topper Schroederappointed manager, album and tape sales, RCA Records.The announcement was nade byJack Kiernan, acting director ofsales, to whom he will report.Schroeder joined RCA in April of1973 in the company's productmanagement department.has been.Mr'sTopper SchroederFor a year and a half previousto joining RCA, Schroeder wasnational sales and promotiondirector of Audio Fidelity Records. Before that he was in national promotion and then national sales for Ampex Records,and prior to joining Ampex, hehad spent a number of years withMercury Records in Chicago.VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETINGBIL KEANEMIKE SIGMAN/EDITORLENNY BEER/ RESEARCH EDITORROBERT ADELS/ASSOCIATE EDITORGARY COHEN/NEWS EDITORWes Lucas/Advertising Salest:WEST COAST.SPENCE BERLANDVICE PRESIDENTWEST COAST MANAGERAnn IvilIn her new post she will be incharge of Atlantic's publicity operations throughout the country andwill also liaison with the firm'sinternational publicity activities.She will work closely with Bob Rolontz, Atlantic's vice president ofpublic relations and advertising.Ms. Ivil has been with the Atlantic London office since it wasstarted last fall. Before that shewas in charge of publicity for theentire WEA International operation in London for the previoustwo years. She also had her publicity firm in London for manyyears, which handled Dr. John,Frank Zappa, Julie Driscoll, BrianAuger, The Animals, Alan Priceand John Mayall.Craig Fisher/News EditorBeverly Magid/Radio EditorLinda Nelson/Production6290 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028Phone: (213) 465-6126NASHVILLEJOHN STURDIVANTVICE PRESIDENTSOUTHEASTERN MANAGERDan Beck/Southeastern Editor.Marie Ratliff/Editorial AssistantO'Donnell/Nashville Report'806 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn. 37203Phone: (615) 244-1820.RedLATIN AMERICAN OFFICETOMAS FUNDORA/MANAGERCarlos Marrero/Assistant Manager3140 W. 8th Ave.Hialeah, Fla. 33012(305) 823.8491(305) 821-1230 (night)ENGLAI JDNOEL GAY ORGANISATION24 Denmark St.London, W.C.2, EnglandPhone: 836-3941JAPANORIGINAL CONFIDENCE4F Tominag Bldg.5.12.7 Shimbashi, Minato-Ku, TokyoGERMANYPAUL SIEGELEUROPEAN EDITORDown SlightyrEDITOR IN CHIEFSID PARNESPUBLISHERBOB AUSTIN1JABKCO Quarterrrt 411.1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019Area Code (212) 765-5020Howard Levitt/Reviews EditorRoberta Skopp/Assistant EditorIra Mayer/Assistant EditorToni Profera/Assistant Chart EditorDedo Dabney/R&B EditorSpeight Jenkins/Classical EditorIrene Johnson Ware/Gospel EditorRichard Robinson/Video EditorMitchell Kanner/Art DirectorWalli Nicita/ProductionPlastics DecontrolsCapitol MakesHOLLYWOOD-Capitol Indus-NEW YORKAtlantic Records senior vice president and general manager, hasSPI Asks Further01 Tender OfferAnn Ivil NamedAtlantic Pub. Dir.-Tauentzienstrasse 16, Berlin 30, GermanyPhone Berlin 21159141NEW YORKABKCO Industries, Inc. has announced resultsof its operations, on an unauditedbasis, for the first quarter endedDecember 31, 1973 with revenuesof 2,281,287 and a loss of 59,830 or 4 cents per share. Thiscompares to revenues of 4,356,190 and earnings of 364,097 or25 cents per share for the corresponding period in 1972. Thecompany has not accrued in thecurrent quarter revenues for themanagement of Apple Corps Ltd.,its subsidiaries and affiliates, (the"Apple Companies") and Messrs.Harrison, Lennon and Starkey.Such revenues were accrued inthe comparable quarter of theprior year.'FRANCEGILLES PETARD8, Quai de Stalingrad,Boulogne 92, FrancePhone: 520-79-67CANADALE BLANC22 Walmer Road, Apt. 604LARRYToronto, CanadaPhone: (416) 967-1104ITALYPRUCCHINIVia Corno Di Covento N. 21, MilanALEXE.SUBSCRIPTIONS: ONE YEAR (52 ISSUES) U.S.AND CANADA- 45; AIR MAIL- 75; FOREIGN-AIR MAIL 75. SECOND CLASS POSTAGEPAID AT NEW YORK, N. Y. AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. DEADLINE:NEGATIVES AND COPY MUST BE IN NEWYORK BY 12 NOON FRIDAY.Copyright 1974 byRECORD WORLD PUBLISHING CO., INC.VOL. 29, No. 1393RECORDWORLD MARCH2, 1974

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