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ONE DOLLARDEDICATED TO THE NEEDS OF THE MUSICIRECORE. INDUSTRYZ0835NN I W Htlllnud014S443AY CNZ Natn.;)3e1 lad 3HoNI.:A ivl NzciA aivcevHDIWHO IN THE WORLD.7. 313, 1971ae-s.Artist -Composer Isaac HayesAchieves Multi -Chart SweepIn No. 1 PositionsWith His 'Shaft' Film MusicOn Stax Records. The StoryAppears This Issue on Page 3.JPICKS OF THE Wg KCO ROD STEWART WITH FACES, "(I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU" (Jobete, BMI). Rod follows-('up his "Maggie May" smash withVJrurvaim an Anglicized interpretation of theTemptations oldie. Flip great despite0.SERGIG MENDES & BRASIL '77, "AFILK MID NIGHT" (Viva, BMI). Sergio and com-pany shift stylistic gears with theJ. J. Cale composed piece that Derek1111& the Dominoes hit with last year.5:32 length. B/w "Mandolin Wind"the board appeal. B/w"Morro Velho" (Berna, ASCAP). A&MAcross(MRC, BMI). Mercury 73244.NEIL DIAMOND, "STONES." Neil Diamond, one113of the best and one of the first of the currentset of autobiographical songwriters, seems tobe going for a new reputation as interpreterhere, with only three self -penned songs. Richmaterial. Uni 93106 (MCA).1313.JOAN BAEZ, "LET IT BE" (Maclen, BMI). Joanfollows -upher chart -toppingread-HENRY MANCINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA, "THEMEFROM CADE'S COUNTY" (TwentiethCARLY SIMON, "ANTICIPATION." Carly Simon,who speaks a beautiful body language, alsoCentury, ASCAP). Glenn Ford's newsings movingly and with great conviction onher second solo album. The way the womaning of "The Night They Drove OldDixie Down" with an equally fineslice of McCartney musical magic.Isn't it nice that she's a chart regular these days? Vanguard 35145.TOMMY JAMES, "NOTHING TO HIDE" (Mandan,show is one of the few hits of thecurrent TV season. Its theme islikely to follow suit. B/w "MysteryMovie Theme" (Leeds, ASCAP). RCA45-283.J.anybuyer.CheckElektra EKS 75016.Larry Taylor to be his only featuredcompanions. The Mayall blues are shiftingandsubtly and pungently. Polydor PD 5012.Smashing! Atlantic 45-2844."BRANDY"ture shows her at her soulful best.ready a hit in Great Britain. B/wFlit sound. Scepter 12336,"Lead Me Back"Janus J-171.SCOTTENGLISH,BMI).Gems -Columbia,come up withColumbia Continues Tape Piracy WarAmpex Saleson"MEMORIES." This album around John Mayallhas invited frequent sidekicks Jerry McGeecorded it at her great Chips MomanMemphis session. Vocal style depar-in N. Y.turnJOHN MAYALL, JERRY McGEE, LARRY TAYLOR,(Grahple/ScreenSinger hasjust the sort ofslightly uptempo pop ballad thatshould click on these shores. Al-BMI). Ed "For Your Love"Townsend wrote it and Dionne re-toBMI). Group in need of one hit single to smash wide open has comeup with the perfect vehicle in thishard driving rocker. Bill Szymczykproduced this high energy package.Bob King cut his latest in Nashvillewith the likes of Pete Drake andScotty Moore in attendance. Still,this one's snugly in his hit mold.Can't miss! Roulette R-7114.(Gambi,has"Anticipation" and "Our First Day Together."GEILS BAND, "LOOKING FOR A LOVE" (Kags,spoBMI). Tommy and co -writer -producerDIONNE WARWICKE, "THE LOVE OF MY MAN"thinks5 -City Review of Grammys(Almo,JOHN PRINE, "JOHN PRINE." JohnPrineislikened to Bob Dylan by no less than KrisKristofferson on this album. Buyers may bejaded so far as that comparison goes; sosuffice it to say that Prine is wry, critical,worthy of attention. Atlantic SD 8296.ASCAP).Duane Allman Dead Hair' Revisited.In PrisonConclusion of Richard Perry DialogueAmericanRadioHistory.ComMEWNARM Board MeetsTrencher HeadsThe Coasters to King Records

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Dedicated to the NeedsOf the Music/Record IndustryNovember 13, 1911NARM BoardMeets in N.Y.Hayes 'Shaft' Sweeps ChartsThe NARM Board of Direc-tors will meet at the Americana Hotel in New York onMultiple No. 1 Positions May Bea 'First'By RON ROSSTuesday, Nov. 9.Foremost on the agenda willInnovative marketing and theextraordinarily versatile talentthe anti -piracy bill.one of the most successful recording projects of this or anybe discussion of an industrywide enforcement program ofIn attendance will be JackGrossman, President of NARM;David Press, D&H Distributing,Harrisburg, Pa.; JamesSchwartz, District Records,Washington, D.C.; Amos Hei-licher, J. L. Marsh Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; Peter Stocke,Taylor Electric, Milwaukee,Wisc.; Jack Silverman, ABCRecord and Tape Sales,DesMoines, Iowa; and Harry Apostoleris, Alpha Distributing,New York.Also in attendance: JulesMalamud, NARM ExecutiveDirector; and Earl W. Kintner,NARM General Counsel. Hair' Revisited.By MITCHELL FINKof composer -performer IsaacHayes have helped to make StaxRecords' "Shaft" soundtrackyear.The numbers speak for them-selves. In what is probably a"first," the "Shaft" LP and"Theme from Shaft" single holddown the No. 1 position on thepop album chart, the popsingles chart, the r & b albumunits of the double -sleeve al-But obviously the hard-hitting private eye and his coolcool theme have captured theimagination of Americans offar, Stax has sold over a millionbum, and over 1,350,000 singles,an almost unbelievable figureconsidering that the single hasonly been available since Sept.29.In PrisonRikers Island Prison, on Oct.Joan Certifiedcheckpoints, each of them(Continued on page 41)Liveentertainmentisnotprospects of presenting such an"anything goes" production naturally filled us with more thanjust normal anticipation. At theoutset it appeared that twoIsland had never acceptedaBroadway show.The cast spent much of thebus ride eating health food andrehearsing the songs theywould perform. This made onesit back and reflect about ashow that's been running forfour years, about rock musicbecoming standards, about various attempts at copying an innovative idea, and lastly, abouta dream of ending war. SinceRikers Island is only 20 minutesaway, the time to reflect wasrather short. Before we knew it,Columbia Records hasob-tained a Temporary RestrainingOrder in the Circuit Court of St.Louis County prohibiting 23 defendants located throughout the1in Macon, Ga. after a motor-cycle accident. He died in a hospital operating room. Allman, 26,was leader and founder of theAllman Brothers Band which"firsts" were being recorded.The New York cast had neverrecorded for Atco/Capricorn.Joan Baez' single, "The NightThey Drove Old Dixie Down," wascertified by the RIAA on Oct. 22as having sold over one millioncopies in the United States. Thesingle is from her current LP,"Blessed Are . . ." Joan's secondsingle from the album, "Let It Be,"was released last week with a bigadvance order from Vanguard distributors. Shown celebrating withJoan, following her sell-out concert at Berkeley's Greek Theaterrecently, are Eddie Wenrick, Van-guard's Director of West CoastA & R, and Susie Solomon, daugh-ter of Vanguard President Seymour Solomon.appeal to blacks but to thatvast audience which had followed the James Bond films.Isaac's score fused the purestkind of r & b with some of themost soulful string arrangements ever, while from a marketing point of view, the film,album and single were all timedto keep interest in all three atwere each adding to the salesimpact of the other, radio stations all over the country wereprogramming the "Shaft" themefrom the album. When thetheme was finally released as a(Continued on page 41)Columbia Continues Piracy WarM HOLLYWOOD - Duane Allman, considered one of the finestguitarists in all rock, died Nov.new at Rikers Island, but theperformed in prison, and Rikersmany different backgrounds andtastes.Duane Allman DeadIn 'Cycle Accident29."I think that 'fusion' best de-scribes the 'Shaft' phenomenon," explained Shaw. "The filmfused the ever -popular cops and -robbers genre with the kindof bad dude that would not onlya peak for as long as possible."Even as the LP and the filmCaptured America'sImaginationcast of "Hair" in associationwith Hospital Audiences, Inc.,successfully presented musicalselections from the show at theWomen's House of Detention,Creative Direction, told RecordWorld, "We worked with MGMon the advance work and marketing for the film, so that whenthe LP was released, 'Shaft'was already a boxoffice success.Of course, Isaac's connectionwith the film created tremendous excitement among his hugefollowing, and at the same time,the film was aimed primarily atan audience that has frequentlybeen overlooked by the film industry."chart, the r & b singles chartand the jazz album chart. Sowe were parked outside thegates of a real prison.The bus had to pass twoNEW YORK-The BroadwayLarry Shaw, Stax Volt VicePresident for Advertising andAllman( with his brotherGreg) grew up in Nashville for12 years and then moved withhis widowed mother to DaytonaBeach. "We got into music downthere," Allman once said, and itwas there that they played theirfirst dates at a local Youth Center. Later they formed their firstgroup called the House Rockersplaying for 40 a week. Eventuthe Allman Joys wereformed playing cities like Mobileand Atlanta. As the AllmanJoys, they cut a single for Buddy(Continued on page 41)ally,state of Missouri from manufacturing and/or selling piratedtapes.The defendants are requiredto appear before Circuit JudgeGeorge W. Lloyd on Dec. 2 toshow cause why an injunctionshould not be entered againstthem. Of the 23 defendants, fiveare manufacturers and 19 areretailers. Columbia's attorney,Alan Kohn of Kohn, Shands &Gianoulakis, St. Louis, statedthat most of the defendants havebeen served with the Restrain (Continued on page 414Trencher HeadsAmpex SalesNEW YORK - Jim Frey,General Manager, Ampex Rec-ord Corp., announces the appointment of Irving Trencheras Director of Sales for AmpexRecord Company.Trencher comes to Ampexwith 15 years of selling experience at many of the major record companies. He was formerly Director of Sales at Polydor,Inc. Previous to that he wasDirector of Sales at Tetragrammaton and MGM.3AmericanRadioHistory.Com