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Canadian setting for Capitol Inc. meetingArnold Gosewich, President of Capitol/EMIof Canada, hosted a general meeting of theboard of directors of Capitol Industries Inc.(June 12). This was the first time in thehistory of the multinational company thatCanada was picked as the host country forsuch a meeting.

After a day of meetings, Arnold Gosewichand his wife Jackee, hosted a dinner forthe guests at Toronto's Hyatt RegencyHotel. Also in attendance were seniorexecutives of Capitol Canada.

The visitors toured the Canadian com-pany's head office and distribution centresin Toronto and Montreal and visited aSherman's and Mr. Sound retail recordstore in both cities.

Arrangements were also made for Chair-man Read to have a close-up look at theCN Communications Tower, nearing com-pletion on Toronto's waterfront. It wasthe Telecommunications Division of EMI(Sound & Vision Equipment) that suppliedthe electrical equipment used in the Tower,which is now the world's tallest free-stand-ing structure (1800 ft.)As an added momento of their Canadianmeeting, each visitor returned to his re-spective country with a gift of the Olym-pics '76 coins.

Heading up the international entourage wasBhaskar Menon, Chairman, President andChief Executive Officer, Capitol Industries -EMI; John Read, recently appointed Chair-man of EMI Limited; Robert E. Carp, Vice

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(Top), Bhaskar Menon (I) and his wife Sumi, join dinner partners, Charles Tillinghast, BobCarp and Capitol Canada's Counsel, John MacLeod (r). (Bottom) Arnold and JackeeGosewich with John Read and Paul White (A &R Director Capitol Canada).

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INTENSE A&M PROMOBREAKS NAZARETHA&M's national promotion team have suc-ceeded in showing their U.S. counterpartshow to break the Nazareth group. Theirsingle, "This Flight Tonight" culled fromtheir album, "Loud 'n' Proud", firstbroke in Winnipeg and now with heavypromo concentration the single is spreadingnicely through Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto,Edmonton, Hamilton, Saskatoon, Regina,Windsor, Quebec City, Saint John andseveral other major and breakout markets.A sizeable boost to the promotion campaignwas supplied by Joe Summers, national salesmanager for the label. He announced rec-ently a total coverage nationwide advertisingcampaign and in-store sales program onNazareth product. This includes their"Proud" album as well as their previousalbum release, "Razamanaz" and a newalbum, "Rampant".Their new album, described as offering "ahealthy dose of killer rock served in heavymetal fashion" was recorded in Switzerlandon the Rolling Stones' mobile unit. Thealbum is already Top 5 in the UK and wasreleased to coincide with the group'scurrent North American tour which includedCanadian dates- Vancouver (June 12),Winnipeg (18) and in Toronto (July 1).

RUHNKE'S "SUMMER GIRL"BREAKING NATIONALLYCraig Ruhnke, who recently switched fromReprise to United Artists, would appear tobe showing strong breakout action. AllanMatthews, director of promotion for UnitedArtists, reports that Ruhnke's "SummerGirl" single has been added to more thanfifty stations including: CKOC, CKGM,CF RA, CHUM, CKPT, CJCH and others.Although only playlisted, chart numbers areexpected within the next few weeks.U.S. interest in the single has increased withthe Canadian action and a release Statesideis expected shortly.

CENTURY II SESSIONFOR PLP'S CLARKEP.L.P. recording artist Peter F. Clarke ofCalgary has just completed a recordingsession at Edmonton's Century II studiosresulting in the release of a single, "Hit -bound" with the flip, "When I First Fell InLove". Both are Clarke originals, publishedthrough P.L.P. Music. The session wasproduced by P.L.P. general manager, PaulPalaschuk, with engineering chores beinghandled by Century II's Les Bateman. Back-up vocals were provided by Dixee LeeInnes, member of the Original Caste andformer Painter, Barry Allen. Final mix wasby Ronnie Capone at Isaac Hayes' HotButtered Soul Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

P.L.P. is a newly formed Calgary -based labeland is distributed by Musimart of Montreal.Additional signings to the new label will beannounced at a later date.

Palaschuk is currently negotiating an inter-national deal for distribution of the P.L.P.label.

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President and General Counsel of CapitolIndustries; Charles Fitzgerald, Vice Presi-dent Finance for Capitol Industries; ChuckTillinghast, Vice President Business Affairs,Capitol Records Inc; and Capitol IndustryDirectors Tom Coughran and Richard Karren-brock.

PETTINGER ZEROS INON CHILLIWACK ACTIONChilliwack's latest Goldfish single, "There'sSomething I Like About That", has beensuffering the "blahs" since its releaseseveral weeks ago. Ray Pettinger, one ofthe principals with the Goldfish complexand considered one of this country's toppromotion people, is now concentratingon breaking the single. Latest reports hasthe single at number twenty-nine at Mon-treal's giant rocker, CKGM, with salesnow beginning to show.Pettinger has just completed a cross -Canada promotion tour, tieing -in with Lon-don's network of promotion and is hopefulof picking up several majors over the nextfew weeks. The single will be given anadded promotion boost with the group'sinitial album release - also to be givena national promotion push by Goldfishand London.

GRAHAM FOLLOWS "ORLEANS"WITH U.A. ALBUM RELEASEMike Graham's recent U.A. single, "Battle ofNew Orleans" was one of his strongest to dateand captured several Canadian country mar-kets. A follow-up album, "Country Reflec-tions", his second for the label, allows Gra-ham to showcase his talents in the pop,country and contemporary rock fields. Thealbum also contains three of his past singlereleases: "Lonely Cabdriver", "Lately I'mAfraid It's Gone Too Far" and "Orleans".Graham also tries his hand with Presley's hitfrom the past, "All Shook Up", Mike Nes-mith's "I've Just Begun To Care (Propin-quity)" and the Bee Gees'"Words".The album was produced by John Pozer atEastern Sound Studios in Toronto.

PICKWICK HEAVY ON LPAND TAPE RELEASESPickwick Records, recipients of the 1973NARM Award for "Best Selling EconomyLine" has experienced a measure of successwith the simultaneous release of twelvealbums and tapes and six twin -packs.

Highlighting the album/tape release was"Great Movie Themes" ("The Way WeWere", "The Great Gatsby", "The Exorcist"and others" by ragtime pianist, Dick Well -stood.

The two -record sets include releases by GuyLombardo, "25 Great Original Artists with25 downhome favourites", "Bluegrass Banjo"and "Charlie Rich".The single album/tape release includedproduct from Roger Williams/"SpanishEyes", Patsy Cline/"Country Music Hall OfFame", and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"along with the rock version of "The Lord'sPrayer".

POLYDOR'S GALLAGHERTOURS WESTERN CANADARory Gallagher, a major European contem-porary jazz artist who has become popularin eastern Canada, will tour several Cana-dian centres this summer. His Canadiandates which form part of a major NorthAmerican tour include: the VancouverAgridome (July 27); Lethbridge Pavillion(Aug. 18); and the Winnipeg CentennialAuditorium (Aug. 20).Set to coincide with his North Americantour is his newest album, "Irish Tour '74"-a "live" recording already becoming atop sales item in the UK.

TAYLOR AMONG WINNERSWITH MOTOWN SELLERSR. Dean Taylor returns to Motown via anearly production, "There's A Ghost In MyHouse", which was produced by BrianHolland and Lamont Dozier. The single,with lyrics written by Torontonian Taylor,is now No. 1 in the UK and showing earlyindications of picking up action in Canada.Motown's Ken McFarland lists the Taylorouting as one of the top sellers this week.

Topping the singles list of best sellers is theDiana Ross and Marvin Gaye coupling of"My Mistake", followed by "Machine Gun"/Commodores, and "Don't You Worry 'BoutA Thing"/Stevie Wonder.Top selling album also goes to Ross andGaye for their "Diana & Marvin" set with"Marvin Gaye's Anthology" following alongwith "Last Time I Saw Him"/Diana"Innervisions"/Stevie Wonder and DianaRoss' newest album, "Live At Caesar'sPalace".

The Ross and Gaye duo are popular inMontreal with their album listed as thatcity's No. 6 best selling album. Their"Mistake" single is headed for the Top 5at CKGM.Luther Allison has been scheduled for anappearance at the Toronto Island JazzFestival (July 14). McFarland is now gearinghis promotion towards the engagement whichties -in nicely with Allison's new albumrelease "Luther's Blues".

MCA IN FULL SWINGWITH COUNTRY PROMOMCA Records western branches are wellinto their summer promotion of MCACountry product. The promotion is designedto tie in with a special dealer incentiveprogram launched by the company. Amongthe stations participating are CFCW, Cam -rose, Alberta; CHAT, Medicine Hat; andCKGY, Red Deer.All stations have been provided with MCACountry Gold packs, consisting of sixtysingles as well as a selection of top MCAcountry albums. CFCW will be givingthe product away on a weekly basis as"Lucky Program Prizes" for fans attendingcar races at Westwind Oval, Edmonton.

CHAT wound up its participation lastweek with its "Name Your FavouriteCountry Entertainer" draw, while CKGYran its last of three weekend promotionsJune 29-30 on the "Weekend in theCountry" program. The promos were setup by MCA's Barry Ryman in conjunctionwith participating stations.

CAN. TAL. LIBRARY/U.A.SINGLE FOR BARRIEKeath Barrie returns to the record scenewith a new single, "San Sebastian", releasedon the United Artists label through theCanadian Talent Library. The plug sideand the flip, "Follow In The Footsteps"are Barrie originals. The session was pro-duced in Toronto by Ben McPeek.Barrie first came into prominence withthe release of "Apalachicola" on the Poly-dor label. Strong believers in the potentialof the Barrie voice were programmers fromthe giant Standard Broadcasting chain, par-ticularly CFRB and their sister FM stationCKFM. The Barrie single is still program-med on both stations.A Barrie album is being scheduled for afall release.

RECORD WHEREHOUSEPULLING CUSTOMERSRecord Wherehouse owner/manager, NortonVerner, reports good response and an en-couraging pattern of buying for his newbudget record and tape operation.Verner, who has been working the "delete"circuit for the past two years, has sevenyears of record manufacturing, tape dupli-cating and marketing experience to hiscredit. His "store", situated in north -centralToronto, houses a 35,000 sq.ft. warehouseand a 4000 sq.ft. showcase area. The latterfor the benefit of drop -in buyers.

Norton began his new business with what herefers to as his "backseat production". Heoperated out of his car and a trailer, pickingup deletes up and down the U.S. AtlanticSeaboard, bringing them into Canada andsupplying dealers in major centres acrossCanada. He is now regarded as the largestCanadian importer of deleted albums, 8 -track cartridges and cassettes. With a capitalof more than $600,000, Verner has negoti-ated for orders from 300,000 to a millionpieces. Two and three tractor trailer loadsof product arrive weekly at the Where-house where they are quickly prepared forshipment across the country. Verner willshortly finalize a distribution deal forwestern Canada. He is also close to finaliz-

CANADIAN DATES SETFOR MERCURY'S HALLLatest country artist to crossover into thecontemporary rock (Top 40) scene is Tom T.Hall. His latest Mercury single, "This Song IsDriving Me Crazy", has become a majorprogramming item for country, pop andcontemporary rock programmers.Hall has set dates in eastern Canada whichinclude: Sydney, Nova Scotia (July 23);Halifax (24) and Woodstock, New Bruns-wick (25). The latter was arranged byCharlie Russell of CJCJ Woodstock. Hallwill help the station celebrate its fifteenthyear on the air as well as take part inWoodstock's "Homeweek" celebrations.

CAMERON & DIRT BANDGUEST ON TYSON SHOWThe July 25th edition of CTV's "The IanTyson Show" brings John Allan Cameronand the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band front andcentre along with Sylvia.The Dirt Band have been off the recordscene for some time but are expected tobounce back with an album and a majortour. John Allan Cameron, formerly withColumbia Records, has been busy throughBalmur, his management firm, in tieing updates throughout the summer and into thefall season.

BAKER RELEASESON SWEETWATERThe Vancouver -based Sweetwater Recordsannounces the signing of Dave Baker, well-known west coast singer and songwriter.Baker gained a national audience with hisprevious single releases on the Stamp label,"Now and Then" and "Walk That EndlessHighway".Initial single release through Baker's newdeal will be "People Don't Remember" and"Coast Country" both Baker originals andproduced at Studio 3 in Vancouver.

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elude those by Frank Sinatra, Davie Bowie,Burt Bacharach, Monty Python, MarvinGaye, King Harvest, Diana Ross, DavidClayton Thomas, Lighthouse, Deep Purpleand many others.

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Checking the charts (or building a better industry)Someone once said there was nothing newunder the sun, and that could apply torecord charts. What is unique about RPM'scharts, is the fact they reflect the Canadianpicture of sales and programming. We readily

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. the prophets of doom, the messengers ofmediocrity, will be overwhelmed by the new genera-tion of competent, creative, confident artisans andby all those of preceding generations who havealready demonstrated their freshness of mind, theirtalent and their capacity for inspired leadership."

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dates in Canada and other variables. In the21 to 30 category, the chart still showssigns of the U.S. action but the variationgrows because of factors like the lack of ablack population in Canada and little airplayof soul records and records by black artists.Not a prejudice, but a lack of buyer in someprovinces.From 31 to 50 the change is more apparentand after 50 the chart becomes very depend-ent on airplay and early sales action.The reason I launched this column on thisparticular subject, is that I have recentlyhad conversations with important people inthe industry who have indicated to me thatRPM does not reflect the action they areexperiencing locally, with their sales ofsingles and albums. It became impossibleto convince them that the RPM charts arebased on information obtained NATION.ALLY. The chart reflects trends that existfrom Victoria to St. John's. One other factorthat confuses the record people is thatalthough they are shipping an item heavily... dealer sales to the consumer aren'tnecessarily reflected in the sales figuresthat record companies look at.The most important thing a trade chartdoes, is act as a guide to record ordering.

An item that is number 6 in Ontario mayonly be number 21 in Calgary. An itemthat is number 21 in Montreal may be non-existent in Vancouver. The fact remainsthey are charted and hits perpetuate them-selves so that a hit in one market will createattention in other markets and as it movesinto the top of the charts, all markets areshowing sales action.If we took the record sales from the biggeststores in all the major centres in Canada andcompared the top ten records, we wouldfind there would be about 20 titles involved.Those twenty records would then representthe top twenty.

U.S./CDN. ARTISTSTAPE AT DAMONThe "sun" months are shaping up to be afinancial success for Edmonton's DamonSound Studios. The sixteen track studiowas recently utilized by Doug Kershaw tocut several sides for upcoming singles andalbum releases.

Damon's Gary McDonall has found a readymarket for his facility that boasts a newtwenty-four input Neve console. BobRuzicka, recently signed to RCA throughthat label's Barry Haugen, has been set fora summer session to be co -produced byRuzicka and McDonall. Back-up for thesession will be provided by Damon'sstudio group, The Northwest Rhythm Com-pany comprising: Moe Marshall, guitar;Gary Koliger, guitar; Jerry Rauw, bass;and Stu Mitchell, drums.Up from his home in Post Falls, Idaho,was Rod Stewart, who taped a session atDamon. He took back his new single withhim, "Cattle Call" the old Eddy Arnoldhit, which will be released in Canada on theDamon label - soon to display a newdesign.

Damon's contemporary label, Mustard,will soon issue releases by FranklinFerguson/"Sing-A-Long", Garry Damon/"Goodbye" and an English and Frenchversion of "Talk It Over" by GabrielleBugeaud. Other signings to this label willbe announced shortly.

I have often been told that a record hassold 20,000 copies and finally discoveredthat all of them were sold in one region.Where would YOU put that on the chart?The record man I am referring to wanted tosee it in the top 40. Their record hadn'tmade a stir in ANY OTHER REGION inCanada. Would you say that represents atop 40 item?RPM is asked to make hits by taking aregional hit and charting it so the recordcompany is saved the trouble. The 20,000sales in that region would have made a goodstory, but it certainly didn't reflect nationalaction on a record. A few weeks later, thisrecord man became one of the biggestcritics of the "credibility" of RPM's charts.I contend that his lack of knowledge of thebusiness and charts and his regional thinkingwas what should have been criticised.Too often a promo man comes into RPM andalthough he is the regional promo man, hiserrand is to argue about RPM's national chart.That puts us in the category of being a50,000 watt station in Toronto, and hissuperiors have sent him to hype RPM to getsome action. Isn't this something the nationalpromo man should be more qualified to do?Many times I have been told that a certainrecord should be 18 and not 20. This iscommonly referred to around RPM as"nickle and dimeing".There are many ways to create action on ahit that is climbing the charts. Those waysare either known or should be known by thepromotion departments of record companies.It is important that RPM not be confusedwith radio stations. We won't play yourrecord, but we will research the sales andairplay after the fact and we will show alisting that gives an indication of the trendthe record is setting.No, the RPM charts are not 100% accurate,but neither are any of the other internationaltrade charts. I don't think they claim to be,and if they were they would be of disserviceto the industry. These charts (and RPMincluded) indicate trends and action.The logistics of a completely accurate chartare about as monumental as the BBM settingup a computer in every home in Canada toget accurate radio station ratings, or BMIand CAPAC logging every record played topay every composer and publisher everyfraction of a penny their copyrights earn.But griping about charts seems to be a symp-tom of this industry, and if that's how youwant to spend your time, it must be betterthan promoting and selling the record.In ten years, we have never had a legitimatecomplaint that we have held a hit back onour charts, but we have had many complaintsthat we didn't hype their records or createa hit for them.We aren't hitmakers ... we're bookkeepers... to the trade. Thank you.

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Who are those guys?For the benefit of non -movie goers, thoseimmortal lines are lifted from one of yourbetter motion pictures, "Butch Cassidy andthe Sundance Kid". They appear herebecause they sum up in a nutshell what it'slike to be dependent on record companies

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for promotional material and information,west of Toronto. Often, we'll see a companyrep at a distance, never quite sure which onehe is.

Radio stations in the west, outside thehandful of major cities, almost never actuallymeet a real record company person. Evensome stations in the big towns see the manon an irregular basis. Some of the biggestcompanies plummet through town at topspeed, leaving a small cloud of dust, andthose dependent on them for service,

wondering whether it really happened ornot.

For years without number, I've heard thoseself same reps and their counterparts onthe independent level, cry out for sympathy.They say no one really cares about whatthey are doing. -They say the hotshots inMontreal and Toronto are too wrappedup in their own affairs to care about whathappens west of Burlington.

Vv& always had a feeling for the west. WhenI was in Toronto I had a strange discomfort,a sensation of being misplaced. Probably dueto this, I always had a lot of sympathy forthose record guys, slogging over thousandsof miles only to be met with indifferencewhen they reported their activities to headoffice.A long time ago, I said that the west was aslower place, a place where you could seethings more clearly, in a more relaxed environ-ment. I still think that's so, but I'm begin-ning to realize that a lot of people are relaxedto the point of being comatose. That they

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June 15/74With your permission, I'd like to use yourfine publication to publicly throw a smallbut sincere bouquet.

It has been my experience that The GreatWhite Fathers of the Canadian recordingcompanies tend to be somewhat hard toreach in their well-known Ivory Towers. Itwas, therefore, a pleasant surprise to receivean extremely receptive welcome by JohnPozer of United Artists when I called abouta promising new group from Yarmouth,Nova Scotia. My hope was to arrange severalappointments in Toronto for a couple ofmembers of the group so they might auditiona demo tape for some A&R people. Johncould not do enough for me, even withouthaving heard the demo. His co-operation inarrangement of several other meetings witha number of other companies should not,and did not with me anyhow, go unnoticed.The two group members recently spent anentire morning with John in his officegathering much help and advice, not tomention valuable contacts in other parts ofthe industry.Whether anything has, or will, come out ofthe four days of talks and meetings in Toron-to is not important. What is important is thedelightfully encouraging welcome theseaspiring performers received by the recordingindustry community in general and JohnPozer and his United Artists staff in particu-lar. It's a pleasure to work at this end withpeople like John.Loran FevensMusic DirectorAnnapolis Valley Radio NetworkKentville, N.S.

BACHMAN/CUMMI NGSIN BOXING MATCH???June 12/74In a recent issue of Rolling Stone, readerswere treated to another round of the age-old

feud between Randy Bachman and BurtonCummings. Receiving the largest publicityyet, the battle was interwoven among storieson singles by Bachman -Turner Overdrive andThe Guess Who.

On the face of it, Bachman showed the mostrestraint but did lower himself to defensivelyanswer "smear stories" of Cummings. As abystander I don't have to be anything butoffensive. Cummings refers to Bachman andFred Turner as "250 pound hippos". When didhe and Kurt Winter become petite? What of therumour that Don McDougall put on 80pounds during his first year with the GuessWho? Bachman gets hit in the face for beingreligious.If he is, it is a personal practise. Who isthe man doing anti -drug commercials, andsporting short hair and jacket at the Junos?Right, Burton Cummings! Let the publicdecide who's religious and who is sanctimon-ious.To level out though, does this verbal punch -out enhance either artist or help to maketheir creative output relevant? Rather thanexpending such valuable energy on pointlessreminisce, why don't the protagonists ignoreeach other or, better yet, sit down andresolve differences. I'm not speaking ofan artistic reconciliation, (although Cum-mings has one of rock's premier voices andBachman one of rock's premier guitars) butsimply an end to petty squabbling.Liam Mullan, of promotional fame has called1974 "the year of the return". In one sensewe see re -groupings of the Righteous Brothers,Crosby, Stills etc. and even the possibilityof a Beatles reunion. What I'm after here isa "return to reason", a mutual understandingbetween two great artists that will helpsolidify the Canadian music industry.Heavyweights are hard to come by, and inthis business we can't afford to watch des-tructive boxing matches.

Richard J. SkellyMontreal, P.Q.

RPM DOES MEANSOMETHING ... OR OTHERJune 19/74The reaction we received from yourrecent cover story on the Sting featurewith the model "A" Ford was veryunexpected.

are ever willing to cry about the indifferenceof the rest of the world to their situationbut unwilling to come in off the golfcourse long enough to do anything about it.Before this tirade goes another step, Iwould like to point out that there are ahandful of vinyl wielding tornadoes in thewest. They are the guys who get the recordsto the stations before they're antiques andthen do some follow up. They're the guyswho let the press know what's happeningand know what an eight by ten glossy issupposed to look like. They're the guys whoare doing their jobs.Sadly, the VWT's are in a tiny minority.Who knows what the reasons for this stateof affairs are? I can guess at a couple. Thewestern atmosphere is slower paced, so thathas something to do with it. More important,though, is the geographical factor. It'spretty simple to muck about for a week, twoor three thousand miles away from the boss,then send in a glowing report of all thewonderful things that have been accomplished.The boss is only to check up once or twice ayear and that's easy enough to fake.

While such fakery may be pleasant enoughfor the faker, it can get pretty tense forthe fakees. Stations, particularly in secondarymarkets, get mediocre service, the press isat a loss for information and the companyis missing out on fully exploiting the poten-tial of the market place and perhaps on somerecords which might have been broken inthe generally progressive western markets.The companies which condone this poorperformance, and those which participatein it by their own indifference, are missinga bet. Western radio, as a whole, is muchmore flexible, more willing to take a chanceon a record than its eastern counterpart.Radio in western Canada is open mindedabout promotion, willing to experiment.Those companies who contribute to it aremissing a good opportunity to grow withthe west, to take part in the development ofmarkets which to this day are less productiveper capita than their eastern counterparts.

What I think is most gratifying were thecomments the MCA staff made to me aboutthe great feeling of fellowship this type ofarticle creates within the company.Many of our competitors and friends inthe business called to mention that they hadread the entire article and wanted to wishtheir congratulations on this particularpromotion and the story about our "strug-gling little firm".Walt, if this is the kind of good vibes Iget about a sales promotion shot you'vegiven me in RPM, well I'm impressed!I think if more of the P.R. and promo mentook the time to lay out the details oftheir special project and made RPM awareof it the great trade value of the magazinewould be further realized.Scott RichardsNational Promotion ManagerMCA Records (Canada)Toronto

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LIDDELL/CRUICKSHANKWORK FOR WALES FEST.The 1974 Llangollen International MusicalEisteddfod was the setting for the worldpremiere of "He Is There", a choral workwith words written by Robert Liddell andmusic by Ralph Cruickshank, and arrangedby Allanson Brown. Performing the workfor the Welsh Festival (July 2-7) was theChoraliares from Caledonia, Ontario underthe direction of George Shippey. Severalother works commissioned by the choirwere shelved in favour of the Liddell/Cruickshank entry.Eisteddfod have been held in Wales forcenturies with the International Eisteddfodheld first in 1947 and is now accepted asa "distinct Welsh contribution to interna-tional peace and goodwill through music".Each year, approximately two hundredchoirs from more than thirty countriesgather in the Northern Wales town ofLlangollen along with folk singers anddancers from an equal number of countries.The Festival means big business for Llangol-len - an average of the annual attendancetaken over the past ten years works out toabout 180,000.Past Canadian entries and winners include:the 1970 second prize winners in FemaleChoirs, Brahms Choir of John Oliver HighSchool in Vancouver and third prize winnerssame year for Mixed Choirs, The Leaming-ton Choral Society of Leamington, Ontario;and in 1972 for Folk Song Parties, secondprize went to the Anne Campbell Singersof Lethbridge, Alberta.The Liddell/Cruickshank composition ispublished through Dawn of CreationMusic-BMI and distributed solely (sheetmusic) by Berandol Music Ltd. of Toronto.

WACKERS ALIVE ANDWELL WITH POLYDORWhen the Wackers moved from San Franciscoto Montreal, leader Bob Segarini announced:"We came up here to be the greatest rockband in the world". Shedding their Elektralabel and a couple of members, most notablyRandy Bishop, Segarini finally got thingstogether for his "move on the world".Armed with excellent reviews from localcritics and a fair track record (three albumsand a couple of hit singles), Segarini andthe other remaining Wacker, Kootch Trochim,joined forces with Montreal musicians LeonHolt, Norman Vosko and Wayne Cullen andpitched Polydor for a single release. Theresult has been the release of "All I Want ToDo Is Love You" a Segarini original whichtied -in nicely with an extensive tour ofQuebec province. The single has been receiv-ing heavy regional play and Polydor is hope-ful of a national breakout shortly. Therecord qualifies as 100% Canadian content.

Polydor's A R director, Frank Gould (I)and the Wackers' Bob Segarini (r) withmembers of Wackers.

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YOU CAN'T BE A BEACONDonna Fargo. . . . (DOT 17506X)Billboard #91CashBoxRECORD WORLD

HEAVY PROMOTION FORRCA'S TOMITO ALBUMRCA Canada's national network of promo-tion and sales people are readying an exten-sive push on their recently released electron-ic Debussy album by Isao Tomito. Thealbum, "Snowflakes Are Dancing", on the"reserved for classic works" Red Seal label,has been experiencing exceptionally heavyplay on stations with pop, progressive,contemporary rock and classical formats.This extensive play has resulted in the estab-lishing of heavy sales reorders on the album.RCA has just recently announced the signingof an exclusive contract with the Tokyo -based Tomita. In making this announcement,Thomas Z. Shepard, division vice-president,RCA Red Seal, noted: "The recording indus-try long has been seeking a successor to'Switched On Bach', and early reaction tothis album indicates it has every chance ofbeing that successor".After only one month of release in theU.S. re -orders for the Tomita album arerunning five times the original new releaseorders. Retail accounts in the major citiesairing the album have been re -orderingsteadily while one -stops have been purchasingin box lots.Tomita was flown into New York for apress reception during which time the albumwas introduced on quadraphonic discretefour -channel discs and Q8 tapes.

Two cuts receiving heaviest airplay, "Golli-wog's Cakewalk" and "Clair de Lune", havebeen culled as a single.

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BILLY DON'T BE A HEROBo Donaldson & HeywoodsABC 11435-N

BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOTWilliam DeVaughnRoxbury BRBO-0236-N

IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME KNOWOlivia Newton -JohnMCA 40209-J

SUNDOWNGordon LightfootReprise REP 1194-P

THE AIR THAT I BREATHEHolliesEpic 5-11100-H

ROCK YOUR BABYGeorge McCraeT.K. Records KPBO-1004-N

ANNIE'S SONGJohn DenverRCA APB0-0295-N

ROCK & ROLL HEAVENRighteous BrothersHaven 7002-F

RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBERSteely DanABC 11439-N

YOU WON'T SEE ME10 Anne Murray

Capitol 72727-F

ONE HELL OF A WOMANMac DavisColumbia 46004-H

ALREADY GONEEaglesAsylum 11036-P

ON AND ONGladys Knight & the PipsBuddah 423-M

HOLLYWOOD SWINGINGKool & The GangDe-Lite 561X -T

WATERLOOAbbaAtlantic 3035-P

HAVEN'T GOT THE TIME FOR THE PAINCarly SimonElektra 45887-P

TRAIN OF THOUGHTCherMCA 40245-J

RADAR LOVEGolden EarringMCA 40402-J

YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEWStylisticsAvco 4634-M

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR MEDeFranco Family with Tony DeFranco20th Century 2088-T

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COME MONDAYJimmy BuffetDunhill D -4385-N

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SIDESHOWBlue MagicAtco 6961-P

I'M COMING HOMEThe SpinnersAtlantic 3027-P

WOR KIN' AT THE CAR WASH BLUESJim CroceABC 11447-N

THIS HEARTGene ReddingHaven 7000-F

BAND ON THE RUNPaul McCartney & WingsApple 1873-F

JUST AS BAD AS YOUShawne JacksonPlayboy P 50053X -M

PLEASE COME TO BOSTONDave LogginsEpic 5-11115-H

BALLEROWarUnited Artists 432-U

YOU & ME AGAINST THE WORLDHelen ReddyCapitol 3897-F

I FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVERoberta FlackAtlantic 3025-P

IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEPElvis PresleyRCA APBO-0280-N

REBEL REBELDavid BowieRCA APBO-0287-N

I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANGBrownsville StationBig Tree 15005-M

LA GRANGEZ Z TopLondon 203-K

HELP MEJoni MitchellAsylum 11034-P

PUT OUT THE LIGHTJoe CockerA&M 1539-W

ROCK ME GENTLYipAndy KimIce IC1-K

IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBERGary & DaveAxe 17-K

CALL ON MEChicagoColumbia 4-46062-H

gtIF YOU GO AWAYTerry JacksGoldfish GF108-K

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT46 53 (5) ,111111 NazarethA&M 1511-W

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FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHERImpressionsCurtom 1997-M

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KEEP ON SMILIN' THAT SONG IS DRIVING ME CRAZY15)

Wet Willie 77 93Capricorn 0043-P (2) Tom T. HallMercury 73488-QWILD THING WORSE COMES TO WORST

(4) Fancy 78 86Big Tree 15004-P

13) Billy JoelColumbia 46055-H

MIDNIGHT AT OASIS TOO LATE(16) Maria Muldaur 9 98

Reprise 1183-P(21 Tavares

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LAMPLIGHT WHEN MORNING COMES(7) David Essex 8t) 94

Columbia 46041-H(3) Hoyt Axton

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD I'M ON FIRE FOR YOU BABY(3) Rufus 81 92ABC 11427-N (3) e, April WineAquarius AC 5032-K

FISH AIN'T BITING (You're) HAVING MY BABY12)

Lamont DozierABC 11438-N .... 11)

Paul AnkaUnited Artists 454-U

LOVE IS THE MESSAGE YOU'RE WELCOME, STOP ON BY(2) MFSB/The Three Degrees 83 95Philadelphia International 3547-H 131 Bobby WomackUnited Artists 439-U

I HATE, HATE WHAT'S YOUR NAME(7) RazzyMGM 14728-0 100 (2)

Andy & David WilliamsBarnaby 401-T

LIVING IN THE U.S.A. I BELIEVE(8) Steve MillerCapitol 3884-F

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ANOTHER PARK ANOTHER SUNDAY MY COO CA CHOO(13) Doobie BrothersWarner Bros. 7795-P

86 88 (4) Alvin StardustBell 45 454-M

FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY THERE'S SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT THAT(11) O'JaysPhiladelphia International 13544-H

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KUNG FU DON'T YOU WORRY(2) Curtis MayfieldCurtom 1999-P

88 90 (6) Randy BishopGood Noise GN1006-0

CAUSE WE'RE IN LOVE I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU(8) tlif The Hood 89 96 (2) Little Anthony

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YOU'VE GOT MY SOUL ON FIRE I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU(4) Temptations ;Gordy 7136F -Y

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ROOM FULL OF ROSES HOW DO YOU FEEL THE MORNING AFTER(3) Mickey GilleyPlayboy 55056-M 91

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HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE BEND HANG IN THERE BABY(3) The Main Ingredient 92 .... Johnny Bristol

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SURE AS I'M SITTIN' HERE SHININ' ON(1) Three Dog Night 93 .... 111 Grand Funk

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JIVE TURKEY (PART I) SONG FOR ANNA(5) Ohio Players

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RPM Top 100 SinglesALPHABETICALLYBY TITLEAir That I Breathe, The (6)Already Gone (13)American Girl (96)Annie's Song (8)Another Park Another Sunday (61)Ballero (33)Band on the Run (30)Be for What You Got (3)Billy Don't Be A Hero (2)Call on Me (44)Cause We're in Love (64)Clap for the Wolfman (71)Come Monday (24)Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (25)Don't You Worry (88)Finally Got Myself Together (47)Fish Ain't Biting (57)For the Love of Money (62)Georgia Porcupine (72)Hang in There Baby (92)Happiness Is Just Around the Bend (67)Haven't Got the Time for the Pain (17)Having My Baby, (You're) (82)Help Me (40)Hollywood Swinging (15)How Do You Feel the Morning After (91)

Believe (85)Feel Like Makin' Love (35)Hate, (59)'m Coming Home (27)'m Falling in Love With You (89)'m Leaving It All Up to You (90)'m on Fire For You Baby (81):vme tHhaedLIeta(d7e5r)of the Gang (38)

f You Go Away (45)f You Me Let Me Know (4)f You Talk in Your Sleep (36)f You Wanna Get to Heaven (23)t Could Have Been Me (99)t's Her Turn to Live (69)t Might As Well Rain Until September (43)

Jive Turkey (Part I) (73)Just As Bad As You (31)Keep on Smilin' (52)Kung Fu (63)La Grange (39)Lamplight (55)Living in the U.S.A. (60)Love is the Message (58)Love May Be the Answer (971Machine Gun (49)Midnight at the Oasis (54)My Coo Ca Choo (86)Night Chicago Died, The (48)On and On (14)One Hell of a Woman (12)Please Come to Boston (32)Put Out the Light (41)Radar Love (19)Rebel Rebel (37)Rikki Lose That Number (10)Rock & Roll Heaven (9)Rock Me Gently (42)Rock the Boat (1)Rock Your Baby (7)Room Full of Roses (66)Rub It In (100)Save the

OnheLa(s9t3D)ancefor Me (21)

Shinin'Sideshow (26)Silly Milly (50)Son of Sagittarius (51)Song for Anna (98)Streak, The (70)Sundown (5)Sure As I'm Sittin' Here (68)Takin' Care of Business (22)Tell Me Something Good (56)That Song is Driving Me Crazy (77)There's Something I Like About That (87)This Flight Tonight (46)This Heart (29)Time for Lovin' (76)Too Late (79)Train of Thought (18)WakeU

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WaterlooWhat's Your Name (84)

Wild ThingTMhionrgn(in5g31Comes(80)

Wildwood Weed (94)Workin' at the Car Wash Blues (28)Worse Comes to Worst (78)You & Me Against the World (34)You're Welcome, Stop on By (83)You Can't

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Harbour Front '74 was an unqualifiedsuccess on the Dominion Day weekend dueto the efforts and co-ordination of enter-tainment by Tom Wilson of Concept 376Ltd. (Toronto).April Wine Tour dates all sold out inMaritimes.Stampeders western tour doing well . UnitedStates tour with Black Oak Arkansas set forAugust/September.Fludd's new single, "Brother & Me", onAttic, has picked up 37 stations in Canadaimmediately. They start their Maritime tourJuly 25.A Foot In Coldwater starts their westerntour Aug. 1.Wednesday has postponed their BoDonaldson/Heywoods tour for the DickClark people until November/Decemberdue to the fact that the Heywoods arechanging management.Bill King's new album soon to be releasedcalled "Dixie Peach". New single "BlueSkies, Blue Skies" - flip side called "SinnerLadies".

Brutus start their western tour with the firstdate at the Calgary Stampede July 6.Truck tour Quebec July 15-28.

King Biscuit Boy and Thundermug, managed

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by Celebration Management, were signedexclusively to one of Canada' stop agencies,Concept 376 Ltd. (Toronto).Lorence Hud, A&M artist, doing strongopening for the Stampeders.Al Foreman, leader of Scrubbaloe Caine,has written what the band feels, and whatJack Richardson of Nimbus 9 Studios feels,is a definite hit single. Scrubbaloe will begigging in Ontario for the next twomonths.

Rich Little, with Greaseball Boogie Band,and also the Eddie Graf Orchestra, playedLeamington, Ontario, on July 6, to celebrateLeamington's centennial.Dave Elliot, formerly with WEA Records,is moving over to London Records, where,I presume, he will be doing creative adver-tising like he did for WEA.Greaseball Boogie Band did their thinglast week to a crowd of 10,000 in VarsityStadium (Toronto) at the Liberal rally.Greg Fitzpatrick, formerly the leader andmaterial writer for The Lords Of Londonand Nucleus, has joined Cottonwood, alongwith Matty Kolesnyk, formerly with Teen-age Dance Band. The group is now comprisedof the above, leader Ivan Boudreau, andRick Doyle, the latter being the originalmember of Cottonwood, which originatedin London, England.Don Tarlton of Donald K. Donald Productionsreports that Good Noise recording artist, TheRandy Bishop Group, have been signed assupport act on the Ontario segment of the1974 April Wine Electric Adventure Tour.

PLAYDATES FOR JULYAPRIL WINEJuly 19 Ottawa

20 Montreal21 Hamilton22 Peterborough23 Woodstock24 Stratford25 Chatham26 Sarnia27 Owen Sound28 Belleville29 North Bay30 Sudbury31 Sault Ste. Marie

FLUDDJuly 25 Dartmouth, N.S.

26 Halifax, N.S.27 Oromocto, N.B.31 Pictou, N.S.

A FOOT IN COLDWATERJuly 27 Minden, Ontario

28 Sauble Beach, Ont.WEDNESDAYJuly 22-27 The Generator, Toronto

29 -Aug. 3 The Wipple Tree, TorontoDEVOTIONJuly 15-20 El Mocambo, Toronto

22-27 The Dutch Mill, Trenton, Ont.29 -Aug. 3 The Aardvark, Cornwall,Ont

BRUTUSJuly 18- Forum, Ontario Place

21- Arkona, Ontario22-27 The Gasworks, Toronto

STEEL RIVERJuly 15-20 The Wipple Tree, Toronto

22-27 Oshawa, OntarioTRUCKJuly 15-21 Quebec City, Quebec

22-28 The New Electric Circle,Quebec City, Quebec

29 -Aug. 3 The Abbey Road Pub,Toronto

HANDLEY PAGEJuly 15-20 Brampton, Ont.

22-27 The Abbey Road Pub, Toronto29 -Aug. 3 The New Electric Circle,

Quebec City, P.Q.RHODE APPLE REDJuly 15.20 The Flamingo Club, Thunder Bay

22-24 Knob Hill, Scarborough

KING BISCUIT BOYJuly 9-14 "The Boarding House"

San FranciscoAug. 6-11 The Bottom Line, New YorkAug. 25 Pacific National Exhibition

with the Guess WhoAug. 31 Canadian National Exhibition,

with the Guess WhoTHUNDERMUGJuly 15-20 Duffy's Tavern, Hamilton

24-27 Aardvark Hotel, CornwallAug. 5-10 Piccadilly Tube, Toronto

PETER FOLDY MARITIME TOURJuly 14 Greenwood, N.S. (Greenwood

Recreation Centre)15 Bridgewater, N.S. (Bridgewater

Memorial arena)16 Yarmouth, N.S. (Yarmouth Arena)17 Liverpool, N.S. (Liverpool Arena)18 Bedford, N.S. (Bedford Rink)19 Lantz, N.S. (Lantz Arena)20 Digby, N.S. (Digby Forum)22 Mabou, N.S. (Mabou Atlantic Rink)23 Montague, P.E.I. (Iceland Arena)24 Charlottetown, P.E.I.

(Sportsplex Building)25 O'Leary, P.E.Q. (O'Leary

Community Rink)26 Summerside, P.E.I. (Prince

Country Vocational School)27 Moncton, N.B. (J. Louis

Levesque Arena)30 Halifax, N.S. (Rebecca Cohn

Auditorium)31 Stellarton, N.S. (Stellarton arena)

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Imagery & imagineeringFor years, large corporations (and small)have been concerned with what they calltheir "image". Just what an image is ... is agreat mystery, but some companies havea good one, and some companies have abad one.

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would assume that image is important andevery company has one.Some companies have an image of being big,some companies have an image of beingsmall, some companies have an image ofbeing generous, some companies have animage of being cheap. Their images can beglossy and sharp or dismal and dull. Some-thing the company does or doesn't docreates that image.

The promo team play an important part inthe image of the record company. Thetechniques and methods of promotion allhave a bearing on the image that the com-pany has with the trade and the consumer.A great deal of this is passed down from theivory towers of the record companies.Budgets can effect an image. Packaging ofproduct can effect an image and the promoman himself can have an effect on what thecompany image is.What concerns me most, here in thiscolumn, is the promo man and the promotools he is given to propel an image for hiscompany, their artists and the product.Once a promo man is hired, he can be thegreatest part of the image building of thecompany among radio stations, recordstores, concert promoters and the trade ingeneral.What the company has is what they will getin return. They hired him and he representsthem possibly more than their last hit.His knowledge of the business, his personal-ity, his dependability all reflect on his employers, his company and the product. Often theimage isn't good. Sometimes he is sent outill-equipped to do his job.

CAN. TAL. LIBRARY/U.A.RELEASE CLIMAX LPThe Toronto -based Climax Jazz Band, asextet specializing in traditional jazz, nowboast an album - thanks to the CanadianTalent Library and United Artists Records.Entitled "The Entertainers", the albumbrings to life some of Scott Joplin's betterknown rags including "The Sting". Alsoincluded are traditional favourites: "Every-body Loves My Baby", "Perdido StreetBlues" and contemporary offerings of"You're Sixteen" and "Let Me Be There".The Climax Band have gained a large follow-ing in the Toronto area much of it due theirlong engagement at Albert and MollieNightingale's Brunswick House as well as"Jazz onThe Lake" cruises. They havebecome known in New Orleans where theyappear each year in that city's annual musicfestival.

The Climax Jazz Band comprises GeoffHolmes, trombone; Bruce Bakewell, clarinet;Bob Erwig, trumpet; Juergen Hesse, banjo;Chris Daniels, bass; and Craig Barrett, drums.

Many companies spend hundreds of thous-ands of dollars creating an image. Many canreap high profit gains just from the fact thatthey have a respected name in their fields.I write this because of a definite concernabout some of. the promotion people thatrepresent our industry and the many badcomments that come my way.

Sitting in this position, I often see promomen that do little or nothing to create animage for their companies. Their shortcom-ings are too numerous to list in this limitedspace, so the alternative is to describe apromo man with a good capability to bringrespect to his employers.As a trade paper, RPM welcomes recordindustry news which can be used in RPM.A well put together package of informationand photos with cutlines properly attachedwill receive attention and a spread that willbe read across Canada and in the U.S.

The good promo man is equipped to puttogether such a package and phone aheadto set up an appointment and take only thetime necessary to pass on the story and theadditional information to "get press".What does the promo man look like whenhe comes to make a call? Does he look like ayoung man on the move, with something tooffer? He should. It has an effect on hispresentation.Now we have to digress to ask what hisapproach may be to radio stations. We canonly assume that he doesn't change at allto go into a radio station to promo a newrelease.

Many of the promotion men I have met overthe years have been very happy guys wholeave you with a lift. Just the idea that hewill come in with something makes youlook forward to the visit from the standpointthat he will make your day.He is, in fact, a public relations man and goodPR men don't grow on trees. They seem tobe born with a gift for getting things doneand being admired and respected by everyonethey have to deal with.Let's say that every promo man with arecord company in Canada is 100% what heshould be with the exception of one. Thatone may be on the staff of a record companythat really wouldn't want him calling on them.Add to this the fact that many of the promomen are restricted in what they can do. Man-agement hired him because they heard theyhad to have someone ... then they restrictedhim in his activities. In many cases thepromo man projects a poor image because

PILGRIM READIESFOLLOW-UP SINGLEBilly Pilgrim (real name Vic Norman) isreadying a new country single, "I'm GonnaBe A Country Boy Again". The side waswritten by Buffy Saint Marie as "I'mGonna Be A Country Girl Again". Theflip, "Super Shuffle", a country rock offer-ing was co -written by Norwin and well-knownlocal guitarist, Doyle Starnes.The "Boy" side has been in the can foralmost a year and was produced at TonyRoman's Montreal studios. The flip wasproduced just recently at George Hello'ssixteen track Polaris Studios in Windsor.Norwin, a Ford worker, has gathered alarge following in the Windsor area andoften plays the Tecumseh Tavern.

of the lack of cooperation from management.

Many companies permit a rivalry to existbetween the promo people and the salesforce. In some companies the sales peoplefeel that the promo people "don't do any-thing" and not only is there a lack of cooper-ation, but morale in promo hits a lowbecause of the constant put-down from thesales department.Promo people have been known to acquirean ego and suddently the promo manbecomes a star and the product and thecompany are secondary.Building an image for the company, theproduct and the promo department isn't aneasy task, and although there seems to bevery little that is constructive in thisarticle, it might be time to revalue theprocedures of the promo department, createan "esprit de corps" and work on theimagineering of the company, the artistsand the product.I would welcome your comments.(Next week: The campaign and the invasion.)

CALGARY'S LESLEYGREGORASH ON DISCJane Webb of Calgary's Webb Publicationshas announced the release of "The Memoryof One" f/s "All For You" by Saskatchewan -born Lesley Gregorash, now residing inCalgary. Both sides were written by fellowCalgarian, Michael Chursinoff.

Miss Gregorash is embarking on her pro-fessional career while attending GrantMacEwan College in Edmonton. Previouslyshe appeared on the local TVer, "SomethingTo Sing About". The disc, recorded atCalgary's E.K. Studios has no nationaldistribution.

SINGLE ACTIVITYHEAVY AT RCARecent single releases from the RCA camphave blossomed into a hit situation with theGuess Who's "Clap For the Wolfman" top-ping the list. There had been some delay ingetting this single released and many ofCanada's contemporary rock programmerslifted the cut from the group's album,"Soul Food", a good mover on the RPM100 album chart, which prompted therelease.

Heavy phones and strong sales have promptedmany programmers to keep RCA's EdPreston tuned in on the action. Tex Bagshawof CKLY Lindsay claims "It's like the startof the Beatles". The single is already top 5in Calgary.Topping the best selling list of foreignreleases is George McCrae's TK single, "RockYour Baby" - now number one in Montreal.He's followed closely by "Rock The Boat"/Hues Corporation; "Rikki"/Steely Dan:

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3 4 (28) Band On The Run (Apple)S03415 -F 4XW3415-F 8XW3415-F28 30 (23)

LOGGINS & MESSINA4 6 (8) On Stage (Columbia)PG 32848-H

29 22 (44)

CAT STEVENS!".605. 5 (12) Buddah & The Chocolate Box (A&M)SP 3623-W 8T 3623-W

30 44 (61 17

JONI MITCHELL6 2 (21) Court & Spark (Asylum)7ES1001-P CAS -1001-P 8AS-1001-P

31 42 16)

JOHN DENVER'S7 7 (29) GREATEST HITS (RCA)CPL1-0374-N CPK1-0374-N CPS1-0374-N

32 39 (4)

DAVID BOWIE8 11 (4) Diamond Dogs (RCA)CPL1-0576-N

33 29 (29)

MARIA MULDAUR,9 9 (18) Maria Muldaur (Reprise)

MS 2148-P 8RM 2148-P34 43 14)

FRANK ZAPPA10 8 (10) Apostrophe (Discreet)

DS 2175-P 8RM-2175-P35 i47 (5)

STYLISTICS11 13 (6) Let's Put It All Together (Avco) 36 38 (21)

AV 69001-698-M

ELTON JOHN12 10 (38) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (MCA)

2-10003-J MCAC 2-10003-J MCAT 2-10003-J37 37 (30)

13 12 (14)GRAND FUNKShinin' On (Capitol) 38 18 (16)SWAE-11278-F

ROBIN TROWER14 17 (11) Bridge of Sighs (Chrysalis)CH R 1057-P 8CH 1057-P

39 31 (9)

BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE15 14 (23) Taw Bachman -Turner Overdrive II (Mercury)SRM 1-696-Q

40 50 (4)

ANNE MURRAY16 15 (16) ..ove Song (Capitol)ST 11266-F

41 46 (5)

EDGAR WINTER GROUP17 25 161 Shock Treatment (Epic) 42 24 120)

PE 32461-H

OHIO PLAYERS18 40 (4) Skin Tight (Mercury) 43 32 (9)

SRM-1-705-Q

19 19 (14)CHICAGOChicago VII (Columbia) 44 59 (4)

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C2 32810-H

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20 21 (6)GOLDEN EARRINGMoontan (MCA) 45 33 (16)MCA 396-J

AMERICAN GRAFFITI21 20 (42) SOUNDTRACK (GRT)

9230-1040-T 5230-1040-T 8230-1040-T46 51 (15)

STEELY DAN22 16 (11) Pretzel Logic (ABC)ABCD-808-N ABCX8-808-N

47 34 (281

EARTH, WIND & FIRE23 27 (13) Open Our Eyes (Columbia) 48 49 1131

KC 32712-H

OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS24 28 (6) Ozark Mountain Daredevils (A&M) (49 36 (12)

SP 4411-W

Z.Z. TOP25 26 (91 Tres Hombres (London) 50 74 (3)

X PS 631-K

EAGLESOn The Border (Asylum)7ES-1004-P CAS -1004-P 8AS-1004-P

RICK WAKEMANJourney To The Centre Of The Earth (A&M)SP 3621-W

TERRY JACKSSeasons In The Sun (Goldfish)GLFP 1001-K

STEVIE WONDERI nnervisions (Tamla Motown)T326L-Y T5326 -Y

THE GUESS WHORoad Food (RCA)APL1-0405-N AP K 1-0405-N

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPSClaudine Soundtrack (Buddah)BOS 5602ST-M

OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHNIf You Love Me Let Me Know (MCA)411-J

CHARLIE RICHBehind Closed Doors (Epic)KE32247-H

NEIL DIAMONDHis 12 Greatest Hits (MCA)2106-J

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRAApocalypse (Columbia)KC 32957-H

CARLY SIMONHot Cakes (Elektra)7ES-1002-P CEK-1002-P

GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPSImagination (Buddah)BDS 5141-M BDS 4-5141-M

T8326 -Y

APS1-0405-N

EA32247-H

8EK-1002-P

BDS 8-5141-M

DOOBIE BROTHERSWhat Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (Warner Bros.)W 2750-P CWX-2750-P 8WM-2750-P

LYNYRD SKYNYRDSecond Helping (MCA)413-J

QUINCY JONESBody Heat (A&M)SP 3617-W

RITA COOLIDGEFall Into Spring (A&M)SP 3627-W

HERBIE HANCOCKHeadhunters (Columbia)KC 32731-H

MOTT THE HOOPLEThe Hoople (Columbia)PC 32871-H

CHERDark Lady (MCA)2113-J

SEALS & CROFTSUnborn Child (Warner Bros.)W 2761-P CWX 2761-P

CHARLIE RICHVery Special Love Songs (Epic)KE 32531-H

MIKE OLDFIELDTubular Bells (Virgin)VR 13-105-P CVR 13-105-P

THE MAIN INGREDIENTEuphrates River (RCA)APL1-0335-N

THE SPINNERSMighty Love (Atlantic)SD 7296-P

BREADThe Best of Vol. 2 (Elektra)7E -1005-P

CA 32731-H

8WM 2761-P

EA 32531-H

8VR 13-105-P

A8TC 7296-P

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RP111100 Top Albums (51-100)

STEVIE WONDER DEEP PURPLE51 52 (11) Talking Book (Motown)

T 319L -Y76 63 (17) Burn (Warner Bros.)

W 2766-P CWX 2766-P 8WM 2766-P

52 35 (67)PINK FLOYDThe Dark Side Of The Moon (Harvest)SMAS 11163-F 4XW11163-F

8.XW11163-F... (1)

ELTON JOHNCaribou (MCA)2116-J

MFSB JESSE COLIN YOUNG53 54 (17) Love Is The Message (Phila Int")) 78 64 (9) Light Shine (Warner Bros.)KZ 32707-H BS 2790-P 8WM-2790-P

JOHN DENVER CLIMAX BLUES BAND54 55 (23) Poems, Prayers & Promises (RCA) 79 100 (2) Sense of Direction (Sire)LSP 4499-N PK1711-N P8S-1711-N 0698-T

DONALD BYRD LOGGINS & MESSINA55 56 110) Street Lady (Blue Note) 80 72 (33) Full Sail (Columbia)

BN-LA 140 -F -U KC32540-H CA 32540-H

CURTIS MAYFIELD JIM CROCE66 79 (4) Sweet Exorcist (Curtom) 81 80 (68) Life and Times (ABC)

CRS 8601 -M ABCX769-N ABCX5769-N ABCX8769-N

LED ZEPPELIN JIM STAFFORD57 57 (19) IV (Atlantic)

SD 7208-P AC 7208-P A8TC 7208-P82 92 (3) Jim Stafford (MGM)

SE 4927-0

QUEEN KISS58 62 16) II (Elektra) 83 93 (5) Kiss (Casablanca)

EKS 75082-P NB 9001-P

BILLY COBHAM MARVIN GAYE59 so (3) Crosswinds (Atlantic) 84 as (2) Let's Get It On (Motown(

SD 7300-P T329V1-Y

JIM CROCE ARETHA FRANKLIN60 41 (35) You Don't Mess Around With Jim (ABC) 85 67 (16) Let Me In Your Life (Atlantic)

ABCX 756-N A.BCX5756-N ABCX8756-N SD 7292-P A8T-7292-P

6 62 (3)DIANA ROSSLive At Caesar's Palace (Motown) 86 .... (1)

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENTSoundtrack (MCA)

M6 -801S1 -Y 2-1 1002-J

THE HOLLIES CARPENTERS62 87 (2) The Hollies (Epic)

KE 32574-H87 88 (30) The Singles (A&M)

SP3601-W CS3601-W 8T3601 -W

LEON RUSSELL TEN YEARS AFTER63 83 (2) Stop All That Jazz (Shelter) 88 91 (7) Positive Vibrations (Columbia)

SR 2108-J PC 32851-H

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND LOU REED64 65 (15) A New Life (Capricorn) 89 89 1121 Rock & Roll Animal (RCA)

CP 0124-P 8CP-0124-P APL1-0472-N APS1-0472-N

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER O'JAYS65 45 (29) Brain Salad Surgery (Manticore) 90 (1) Live In London (Philadelphia International)

I` AC 66668-P CMC 66669-P 8MC 66669-P KZ 32953-H

BARBRA STREISAND JOHN DENVER66 66 (20) The Way We Were (Columbia) 91 (1) Sack Home Again (RCA)

PC 3280-H CA 3280-H CPL1-0548-N

HERB ALPERT & THE T.J.B. DOOBIE BROTHERS67 70 You Smile - The Song Begins (A&M) 92 94 (3) The Captain & Me (Warner Bros.)SP 3620-W BS 2694-P

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON CHARLIE RICH68 97 (3) Spooky Lady's Sideshow (Monument) 93 95 (5) The Best Of (Epic)

PZ 32914-H KE 31933-H

BILL COBHAM HUES CORPORATION69 78 (25) Spectrum (Atlantic) 94 .... (1) Freedom For the Stallion (RCA)

SD 7268-P A8TC 7268-P APL1-0323-N

HELEN REDDY BABE RUTH70 84 (11) Love Song For Jeffrey (Capitol) 95 98 (2) First Base (Capitol)SO 11284-F SW 11151-F

71 69 (11)THREE DOG NIGHTHard Labour (Dunhill)DSD 50168-N DHX 55168-N DHM 85168-N

96 .... (1)WEATHER REPORTMysterious Traveller (Columbia)KC 32494-H

72 58 (27)JIM CROCEI've Got A Name (ABC)ABCX 797-N ABCX5 797-N ABCX8 797-N

97 (1)KING CRIMSONStarless & Bible Black (Atlantic)SD 7298-P

73 73 119) KOOL & THE GANGWild & Peaceful (De-Lite) 98 (1)RAY STEVENSBoogity Boogity (Barnaby)

DEP 2013-T 8088 201 3-T 694-T

WAR THE CRUSADERS74 61 (14) War Live (United Artists) 99 99 12) Scratch (Blue Thumb)

UA-LA193-12-U BTS 6010-M

DEODATO THE GREAT GATSBY75 75 (9) Whirlwinds (MCA) 100 -- (1) Soundtrack (Paramount)MCA -410-J PAS2-3001-M

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RPM Top 100 AlbumsALPHABETICALLYBY ARTIST

Alpert, Herb & the T.J.B. (67)Babe Ruth (95)Bachman -Turner Overdrive (15)Bowie, David (8)Bread (50)Byrd, Donald (55)Carpenters (87)Cher (44)Chicago (19)Climax Blues Band (79)Cobham, Billy (59) (69)Coolidge, Rita (41)Croce, Jim (60) (72) (81)Crusaders, The (99)Deep Purple (76)Denver, John (7) (54) (91)Deodato (75)Diamond, Neil (34)Doobie Brothers (38) (92)Eagles (26)Earth, Wind & Fire (23)Emerson Lake & Palmer (65)Franklin, Aretha (85)Gaye, Marvin (84)Golden Earring (20)Grand Funk (13)Guess Who, The (30)Hancock, Herbie (42)Hollies, The (62)Hues Corporation (94)Jacks, Terry (28)John, Elton (12) (77)Jones, Quincy (40)Knight, Gladys & the Pips (31) (37)King Crimson (97)Kiss (83)Kool & the Gang (73)Kristofferson, Kris (68)Led Zeppelin (57)Lightfoot, Gordon (1)Loggins & Messina (4) (80)Lynyrd Skynyrd (39)MFSB (53)Mahavishnu Orchestra (35)Main Ingredient, The (48)Marshall Tucker Band, The (64)Mayfield, Curtis (56)McCartney & Wings, Paul (3)Mitchell, Joni (6)Mott the Hoople (43)Muldaur, Maria (9)Murray, Anne (16)Newton -John, Olivia (32)O'Jays (90)Ohio Players (18)Oldfield, Mike (47)Ozark Mountain Daredevils (24)Pink Floyd (52)Queen (58)Reddy, Helen (70)Reed, Lou (89)Rich, Charlie (33) (46) (93)Ross, Diana (61)Russell, Leon (63)Seals & Crofts (45)Simon, Carly (36)Soundtrack, American Graffiti (21)Soundtrack, The Great Gatsby (100)Soundtrack, The Sting (2)Soundtrack, That's Entertainment (86)Spinners, The (49)Stafford, Jim (82)Steely Dan (22)Stevens, Cat (5)Stevens, Ray (98)Streisand, Barbra (66)Stylistics (11)Ten Years After (88)Three Dog Night (71)Trower, Robin (14)Wakeman, Rick (27)War (74)Weather Report (96)Winter, Edgar Group (17)Wonder, Stevie (29) (51)Young, Jesse Colin (78)Z.Z. Top (25)Zappa, Frank (10)

BELVEDERE PRESENTS AKING SIZE JAZZ FEST.Jazz fans in Vancouver, Winnipeg andToronto, can have their bellys full and it'llonly cost them a few bucks. BelvedereCigarettes have gathered together someof the world's jazz greats for Festivals inthe three mentioned cities to be producedby Versatise Ltd.Toronto's Varsity Stadium will be the settingfor the first event (July 20-21), followed bythe Winnipeg Arena (24) and the followingweekend (26-27) at Vancouver's Pacific

Coliseum. John Turner of Montreal andthe Agency for the Creative Arts, a Toronto -based PR and management firm, have beencoordinating press activity.

CMS FESTIVALDATES FIRMEDFestival Week of the Contemporary MusicShowcase Association has been set forToronto from November 18 through the23rd. This is the third biennial Showcaseand "its purpose is to promote contempor-ary music in general and contemporaryCanadian music in particular". The Associa-tion is an extension of the work of theJohn Adaskin Project and works in con-junction with the Canadian Music Centre.Highlight of this year's Showcase will bethe premiere performance of "Celebration",a work by Toronto composer Allan Raeand created for speakers, instrumentalists,dancers and vocalists. Rae was commissionedby the CMS to write the work in which sixtyyoung people, twelve and thirteen years ofage, will take part.During the Festival Week it is expected thatnearly eight hundred young performers willbe heard in vocal, instrumental and compo-sitions categories or classes. Unlike the con-ventional festival, a recital format is used andno marks are given. Comments in the formof miniature workshops are given by pro-fessional musicians. Scholarships totalling$4,000 will be given for the encouragementof future musical study.Final day of the Festival (23) will be a fullday's session at the Edward Johnson Build-ing, University of Toronto. Keynote speakerwill be British composer/lecturer Wilfridfv1ellers. A gala concert of the scholarshipwinners will cap the evening.Those wishing to take part may obtain entryforms and program details by writing toContemporary Music Showcase Association,3296 Cindy Crescent, Mississauga, OntarioL4Y 3J6. (Note: Contemporary music,as used in the above report, refers to seriousworks).

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Some of the names included on the Festivalbill are: the Moe Koffman Quintet, MoynardFerguson and his Orchestra, Carmen McRaeand her Trio, Buddy Defranco and his quin-tet, Peter Appleyard Quartet, Supersax,Dizzy Gillespie and his Quartet, LouieBellson and his Orchestra, Count Basie andhis Orchestra and Woody Herman and hisOrchestra. The latter, one of the featuredacts for the Festival, cancelled several datesto play the Canadian tour. Herman and hisHerd return from a European tour the dayprior to the Belvedere's Toronto dates.The Belvedere will be laid on just like anyother Festival - a special workshop and rapsession (Toronto from 10AM to 1PM withticket price at $1.00). The Festival itselfwill get underway in Toronto at 3PM andrun through to 11PM, and in Winnipeg from6PM to midnight, with the Vancouver dayscommencing at 4PM and running throughuntil 11PM. Ticket prices have been set at$8.00 for the two day event, purchased inadvance, or $5.00 on each day of perform-ance.

It's expected that the Toronto show will befilmed by ABC-TV for possible showing on"Wide World Of Entertainment" and thatthe Toronto concert will be recorded andreleased as a two -record set. CKFM's PhilMcKellar will emcee the concert series.

MASSOP FORMS CDN.SOUNDS UNLIMITEDVancouver Island music writer, GerryMassop, has formed his own management,promotion and publishing concern. Firstartist to be signed to Canadian SoundsUnlimited is Gypsy (Jerry Pauette) of Dun-can, B.C. Gypsy Jerry performs frequentlyon the island, and his "Big Old LouisianaCountry" f/s "Why Lord, Why", met withregional airplay. Gypsy Jerry, who performswith his backing group The Thiefs, has madeseveral appearances on Vancouver Island'sBCTV and is currently in the midst of a tourof the southern half of the island.Another tour is scheduled for Septemberwith dates in Goldriver (5), Tahsis (6),CanFor (7), Port McNeil (8), Port Hardy (10),and Kelsey Bay (11). Work on an album isexpected to begin shortly.

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Commercials don't haveNot too long ago, the theory was expoundedthat commercials that irritate the listener(or viewer) registered in his mind.This might be true, but there is, sometimes,the possibility that the listener may rem-ember the commercial - and the product,

Ther LISTENING INProgrammers watt grealis

but may subconsciously not want to buy theproduct or service advertised.At the time I heard the theory, I thought theadvertising business had done a good job ofselling a cover-up for their bad efforts. Sincethen I have come to believe that goodcommercials register in the minds of listen-ers - and sell products.Whether it be a large or small station that

HANCOCK MEMORIAL AWARDTO BE PRESENTED ANNUALLYThe Central Canada Broadcasters' Associa-tion has announced the establishment of anew award - The Ruth Hancock MemorialAward To "A Friend Of The Industry".Terms of reference for the Award asfollows: "To be given annually to an individ-ual who, has been recognized as a true friendof the broadcasting industry. The recipientwill have demonstrated by exemplary con-duct and action, a willing and helpful atti-tude in assisting newcomers to the industry;working unselfishly in the interests of thebroadcasting industry and contributingassistance on committees and other assign-ments performed over and above the normalcall of duty. One who can truly be consid-ered 'A Friend of Tne Industry'."Nominations are being invited from mem-bers and associates of the CCBA with closingdate set as August 31,1974. Those employedoutside of the broadcasting industry whohave made a significant contribution to theindustry are also eligible.In making the above announcement CCBApresident, Walter Machny, stated: "RuthHancock was a special individual with agenuine love and affection for people anda willingness to help others personally andprofessionally. Her unfailing good humourendeared her to the hearts of all broadcasters,but especially those in the Central Canadaregion who she served with diligence, com-petence and incredibly energetic enthusiasm".Ruth Hancock served the CCBA as execu-tive secretary as well as executive secretary,the Broadcast Executives Society, andmanager of the Toronto office of theCanadian Association of Broadcasters.The first Award will be made at the CCBAConvention to be held at the BonaventureHotel, Montreal (Oct. 20-22).

to be bad to be goodhas the challenge of creating advertising,creativity, inventiveness and good commonsense plays a large part in making commer-cials, selling the concept to the client andselling the commercial to the audience.In too many stations (particularly smallones) a 30 second spot is little less than theannouncer reading a scripted commercial.

PRODUCTION FALLS OFFAfter some time has past, the productionteam in a station falls back on colouringtheir commercials with music, sound effectsand gimmickery.There are numerous production aids avail-able to the small station to assist in creatinga commercial. Even with limited resources,it is still easy to go out on the street anddo the commercial on location with back-gound sounds and a few words (ad lib)from the proprietor of the advertising con-cern. Get the client involved.

MANY AIDS AVAILABLEMany sound effect records can be used in acommercial and bring attention to the spot.Stock music services sell intros and themesand many a button has been lifted from acommercial record ... and many stationsare doing it.Larger stations depend a great deal on theirproduction team. A good group of engineer-ing geniuses, clever copywriters and imagina-tive producers can come up with commer-cials as good as or better than many that areproduced in the large production centres.

SPOTS MUST BE PROFESSIONALThe in-house production of commercials andspots is very important to the sound of thestation whether it is big or small. With thepolished sound of commercial records, theglib words of the on -air personality, a poorproduced or drab spot slows down (if not

SHAMROCK TV GOESGREASY FOR GRAFFITIRon Waddell, host of Shamrock Television's"Top of the Morning", joined hands withGlen Gore -Smith of Laurel Records, Winni-peg, recently to promote the movie "Ameri-can Graffiti" showing at Yorkton's TowerTheatre. In co-operation with the theatre,Waddell and Gore -Smith arranged a "greasenight". Patrons of the movie house wereinvited to attend a special showing of theflick all greased up. Laurel Records providedcopies of the soundtrack album as prizes forthe best greasers.

The Tower, a regular sponsor of "Top ofthe Morning", which airs over CKOS, CFSS,CHSS and CKSS TV, found the "Graffiti"promotion to be so successful that they havenow arranged with Waddell for a similareffort for the Walt Disney film, "That DarnCat". Pet paw prints, submitted to the sta-tion, will be drawn to select the winners of acase of cat food.

stops) the programming flow of a radiostation.The repetition of a spot can also effect itseffectiveness. Try to sell the client on theidea of updating his commercials withsome regularity.I can't count how often I have heard thesame spot a hundred times and reachedover and turned the radio OFF. It reallywasn't a good spot in the first place. Repeat-ing it ... made it worse.

CFPL LONDON SUPPLIESSTUDENT ADVANTAGESThrough a broadcast journalism trainingprogram initiated by CFPL London, thestation has, this year, allowed three journal-ism students to add practical experience totheoretical learning. Two of the studentsare from nearby Fanshawe CommunityCollege while the third is from the Univer-sity of Western Ontario, also in London.Although this is the first time the station hassupplied the added advantage of on-the-jobtraining and part-time employment on anopen-end basis, the station has providednewsroom training for students over speci-fied periods.The students hired this year were assignedto work evenings and weekends. Theyanswered newsroom phones and handledthe editing of tape and follow-ups on stories.CFPL news director, Gord Whitehead,supplies them with daily "feed -back"on their work and instructs them further onvarious aspects of newsroom operations.One student progressed to the point wherehe was assigned to cover a murder trial in anearby city while a second took on anevening news editing -and -broadcastingassignment.

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RAB AWARDS FORCKSL LONDONLondon, Ontario's CKSL received Finalisthonours at the recent CLIO Awards spon-sored by the Radio Advertising Bureau ofNew York. There were 1128 entries receivedfrom thirteen countries for the CLIOAwards and one hundred and fifty finalistschosen.

CKSL won four Finalists which were for:Canadian Timken Company, Fryfogle"Summer Cooler", Guildwood Lighting,and Muggs Restaurant & Tavern.The commercials were written by BillMcDonald of "That Commercial Place",voiced by Don Parrish and co -producedby CKSL production manager Bruce Devineand Doug Thompson of "That CommercialPlace".

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"ALL AROUND CIRCLE"RETURNS TO CBC-TV

as "The music and gentle humourof Canada's Atlantic Provinces and theBritish Isles, CBC-TV's Network series, "AllAround The Circle" returns for anothersummer season.First production was scheduled forSaturday June 29, at 8PM EDT and at 8PMlocal time throughout the rest of Canada.The St. John originated show is primarilyaimed at "plain folks of all cultures, peoplewho enjoy real folk music sung with enthu-siasm, authenticity, and without affecta-tion". Because of its Newfoundland origina-

(I to r) Ray Walsh, Evan Purchase, DougLaite, Carol Brothers, John White andfiddler Don Randell.

tion the show reflects the Island's uniquelifestyle, drawing from a heritage of folk artgoing back almost five hundred years.Emcee for the series is Doug Laite, who hascreated a character under the name of UncleEli," a worldly-wise fisherman incorporat-ing the wit and wisdom of the self-made man,with a healthy scepticism towards too muchchange".Supplying musical back-up for the series willbe Roy Walsh and the Band - almost aNewfoundland institution. Although womenaren't yet fully recognized in Newfie musiccircles, Carol Brothers could be the firstbreakthrough. She joins the series with herinterpretations of English, Scottish andIrish folk songs.Evan Purchase is one of the little knownNewfoundlanders who has made a study ofthe Island folk material which he hassupplied to many an outport singer. Inkeeping with the Newfoundland -cum -Irishditties, John White will be front and centre.Keeping the flow of music continuous willbe special guests for the series, Ryan'sFancy, an Irish Folk Group who havebecome known in record circles.

CERTIFICATION HEARINGIN PROGRESS FOR 'LGThe Association of Clerical and TechnicalEmployees and radio station CKLG Vancou-ver were in court last week to determineACTE's right to represent the station'semployees.In the hearings, before the Canadian Labour

Board, argument centred on theinclusion of casual employees in the represen-tation vote. If casual employees are giventhe vote, then ACTE feels it would havethe required majority for representation.Spokesmen for the station dispute the con-tention.Hearings on 'LG's alleged interference withthe organization of the union are scheduledto begin in September.

CFRB INTRODUCESYOUNG ORGANISTGeorge Wilson, host of CFRB's highly -rated "Starlight Serenade" used hisshow to introduce a new Canadian musi-cian to his audience. Thirteen year oldMichael Bloss, a grade 8 student at Hill -

Thirteen year old Michael Bloss heard onCFRB's "Starlight Serenade" I une 24/74.

top Middle School in Etobicoke, Ontariowas accompanied by Dr. David Ouch-terlony, principal of the Royal Conserva-tory for his June 24 (9PM) debut. Theyoung Bloss is an organ student at theRoyal Conservatory and CFRB has record-ed his performance of J.S. Bach's "Toccataand Fugue in D Minor" on the RoyalConservatory Concert Hall organ. Thistaping was part of the June 24 "Star-light".Michael began taking piano lessons at theage of seven, becoming interested in theorgan in 1 971 while a member of theHumbervale United Church Choir. His in-terest in the organ was increased throughFredrick Geoghegan, considered one ofthis country's foremost concert organists.Bloss is now studying with Dagmar Ledlova-Kopecky, a member of the organ facultyof the Royal Conservatory, and is associat-ed with St. Dan's Anglican Church as theorganist for the evening services.

The Bloss/Ouchterlony interview and per-formance is a first for CFRB and is beingconsidered by the station's program direc-tor, John Spragge, as a possible permanentaddition to "Starlight".

CANCON/C HARITY/N OS TALGIAKEEPS STEREO 96 ACTIVECFPL-FM (Stereo 96) London, Ontario hasbeen kept active on the charity front as wellas with Canadian talent and a little nostalgia.

In the charity department they taped aconcert performance by the London Sym-phony, airing the taping during the station'sLondon Symphony Marathon - organizedlike a television telethon. More than $12,000was realized for the orchestra.

Harry James who has been pulling capacitycrowds on a recent North American tourstopped into Port Stanley for their centen-nial as well as the opening of the town'snew Stork Club. CFPL-FM was there andbrought a little nostalgia to their listeners onthe station's Saturday night "Dance Party".In the Can con department, Ian Davies isproducing and hosting "Musicanada"(Mondays 7-8PM). Davies spotlights aCanadian aritst through an interviewand the airing of the artist or group's record-ings. The show also spotlights new Canadianmusic. He has already scored with ShawneJackson, Doug McArthur, David Bradstreetand Ian Thomas. The latter was for his

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"BILLY" RADIO PACKAGEREADY FOR MARKETIWDon Wade, Gary Brooks and CH UM's TomRivers have completed plans for the Cana-dian marketing of a new radio series, "Billyand The Kid". The package has alreadybeen picked up by several major and break-out market stations in the U.S.

Two years of material is now in the canand ready to go. The same characters andvoices used on the trio's successful "StonedRanger" series has been used on this newendeavour. Custom intros are supplied,along with several other marketing aids in-cluding drop -ins by the "Billy" characters.Commercials for the sponsors will be madeup - and charged accordingly.

"Billy and The Kid" uses a western themebut in a comfortable contemporary stylei.e. the Grand Funk Railroad runs throughthe town, and Quicksilver Messenger Ser-vice is the telegraph operation etc. Thereis an abundance of "personality" in theseries - and it has been described as "con-temporary enough for any format".Cost of the series, which carries an exclusi-tivity protection for the station, varies. Thesize of the market is a factor and specialrates for multi -station buying are allowed.The initial response has been good andRivers advises that this is a "first come,first serve situation". Rates, free demoand brochure are available from eitherRivers or Skip Fox. Call collect (416)491-4453.

MARSHALL CLASSIC PROGRAMAVAILABLE FOR FM STATIONSAndrew Marshall's "World Of Music" is nowavailable to FM stations in Canada. Pro-duced in stereo, the program frequentlyfeatures matrix 4 channel discs from Mar-shall's large collection of classics. Eachprogram is highlighted by a special theme -a style or period of music or a particularartist or composer - brought into properfocus by Marshall's commentary.Marshall, an authority on audio (his feature"Audio Ideas" is heard regularly on CKFM/Toronto and CFRN-FM/Edmonton), isinvolved with all types of music, particularlyCanadian folk. His two-hour program onfolksinger Bruce Cockburn has been sched-uled for a fall airing on CHUM-FM/Torontoand CJ FM/Montreal. He has also been heardregularly on a variety of subjects for CBCRadio.

Marshall's "World Of Music" will beavailable for the fall season in five one -hourprograms weekly, or alternatively, two two-hour programs. He has reduced the priceto a minimum to make it available to asmany markets as possible - $10.00 perhour for most stations.Those interested should direct enquiriesto Andrew Marshall Audio Productions, P.O.Box 871, Kingston, Ontario.

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Dominion Ray (July 1st) show.Scheduled for dates through July andAugust are the Downchild Blues Band, TonyKosinec, Thundermug, Copper Penny, KingBiscuit Boy, Bearfoot and others. Thosewishing.to latch onto a piece of "Musicanada"should contact Davies c/o Stereo 96, 369York St., London, Ontario or call him at(519) 434-4551.

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Ric Allen moves from CFGO/Ottawa totake over as program and music directorat WLEO/Fort Meyers, Florida. TrudyChamberlain assumes duties as musiclibrarian at CFGO.Gary Richards now handling music dutiesat CKBW/Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Hereplaces former music director Greg Buckler.CKOB is ready for broadcasting at Renfrew,Ontario. Official opening celebrations willtake place after the station has been in oper-ation for a week. Jay Silver, formerly ofCFOM/Quebec City and CHOV/Pembroke,takes over as program director. Music willconsist of 1-3PM country, 7-10PM contem-porary rock and the rest mixed. Silver stillneeds an on -air personality and newsmanto complete their lineup. Send tape andresume.Bob Venn has joined the CHML librarystaff. He was formerly with CKCY/SaultSte. Marie, where he had worked for sixyears in their library.Changes at CHTM/Thompson, Manitobabrings about the following on -air lineup:Ron Krane 7:30-11AM, Frank Rogers11AM-1:30PM, Brian Koshul 1:30-2:30PM,Ron Krane 2:30-3:30PM, and Paul Shura4PM-MN. The all nite slot is looked afterby Jim Brown with Ted Deveine and GordLeslie doing weekends. Ron Krane is theprogram director and Paul Shura, musicdirector.

CHML staffers Lynn Latimer and JohnnyMurphy, ex -music director and temporaryresident Newfie, welcome Silver Blue'sDon Goodwin, given the station promotour by Polydor's Scoot Irwin.

It's nostalgia time at CHML/Hamilton,Sunday evenings 6:15-8PM when Lee Dun -bar's "Memory Lane" returns by populardemand. He will air comedies, dramas andthe old Hit Parade shows which featuredFrank Sinatra - all from the Golden Ageof Radio. Much of the material used willbe from Dunbar's private collection.Radio York's Pete Desrochers recentlypresented a plaque to Doug Delarity ofCFTO-TV on behalf of Radio York. Theplaque read:TO CFTO-TVIn appreciation for contributions andcontinuous assistance on behalf ofCampus Broadcasting - June 1974York University Radio.CFTO has, over the years, given technicaland financial assistance to York, consideredone of the finest campus stations in thecountry.

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The MAJOR MARKETProgrammers CHART

ADDITIONS

CFRW WINNIPEG(Buddy Rodgers)4 (4-2) If You Love Me101ivia Newton -John

25 (9-3) Rachir LovelGolden Earring15 (12-8) RikkilSteely Dan22 (16-10) WaterloolAbba56 (13-11) Rock Me GentlylAndy Kim76 (15-12) Wolfman/Guess Who29 (23-13) Takin' Care/Bachman-Turner18 (24-19) Annie's Song/John Denver46 (27-20) If You Go Away/Terry Jacks3 (30-22) Rock the Boat/Hues Corporation

24 (28-24) Heaven/Ozark Mtn. Daredevils10 (HB-21) Rock Your Baby/George McCrae62 (HB-26) Chicago/Paper Lace48 (HB-27) Don't Let the Sun/Elton John

5 (HB-29) Be ThankfullWilliam De Vaughn* (HB-30) Having My BabylPaul AnkaCKLW WINDSOR(B