Variety (July 1958)

MUSIC* Redemption Plan on 46 New Albums Biding under the banner of "Carnival Time . . .. The Greatest Musical Show Ever,*' Decca Rec¬ ords is launching its fall package program with 61 LP’s set for Au¬ gust release. It’s the biggest re¬ lease scheduling in Decca’s more than 20 -year history. "Carnival Time,” which follows the Decca promotions launched in January of “Dreamtime,” "Star. Time,” “Dance Time,” "Jazz Time,” and “Vocallion Time,”, will be in the monaural and stereo grooves. In the August schedule, 11 LP’s : will be pegged for the stereo market. Diskery's stereo sets will be priced at $5.98. In the stereo release will be the soundtrack from “The Young Lions,’’ and albums by Alfred Newman, Claude Thornhill, the Goldman Band and Wayne King, among others. Sydney N. Goldberg, Decca vee- pee, and Claude Brennan, national sales manager, wind up a series of; 25 dealer meets today (Wed.) in which diskery’s program was ouG fined to close to 500 dealers in the U.S. and Cahada. In addition to the new product, program includes a 10 % discount on orders of $200 or more during the month of Au¬ gust on all merchandise purchased with the exception of imported records. Archive and the Vocallion series: An additional incentive offered to dealers is a dated bill¬ ing plan which allows the dealer to purchase stock for the entire fall season* with monthly payments beginning Nov. 10. Highlighting the pep Telease schedule is; a two-pocket set by Ella Fitzgerald priced at $7.08. The album includes material cut >by the thrush between 1938 and 1955. All the sides have been re-engi¬ neered for the new phono market. Among the other artists represent¬ ed in - the August push are the Anita Kerr Quartet, Bing Crosby, (Continued on page 110) ' By JACK .jPITMAN Honolulu Lads in Orbit ^ -T : . -.... ■ ■ ■. ^ X '/ -v '. ' — 1 —— : —-e A $150,000,000 coupon redemp- f 1 If *11 ) A) n , By JACK .JPITMAN If , , . i • a i •. tioii Program will spearhead Colum- Jack Mills O seas Deals chioago; jmy 29 . Honolulu Lads m Orbit b * r t Reco r ds ; f ^ n - 195 f. f cel T ebra «o n : Iri a tworand-a-half month visit Retail music, industry’s trade Hollywood, July 29. 'The bjSrwm offer consume™* to Europe, Jack Mills pocketed show, a four-day .affair here last . The Surfers, four Honolulu-born sav ing of $1 on suggested list deals in England, Ireland, Italy and week, was largely a cacophony of youngsters now attending Glendale. Dr iee«-«f 48 new rvw.Tmhio Spain. The Mills music topper stereophony. New musical instru- College, have been signed to a ica j and pop albums C SS ~ pacted new representation deals ments, true; were in greater pro- pact by Orbit Records, subsidiary The oinm will he lannehe^ with Quirogai Madrid pubbery, and fusion than at any previous Na- of High Fidelity Records. The v -; th a 16-nagp ^necial ceetinn'in Carish of Milan. Outside of South-; tibnal Assn, of Music Merchants vocal group’s initial disk will be >r pw Ynrir Time*: nf 5 „ n Hav ern Music; Mills^ is; the only U^ S. show, but the protuberant sound "Summer Time Lies” b/w "Beach c Pr) f 7 Thp curminmont pub^ry with affiliations in Spain, came from the stereo floors of the Time.” I in the’Times is the first insertion Mills renewed his contracts with Palmer House conclave. The mer- Label is also stepping up disr of this type to be used by any rec- Joseph Williams in London and chants could already hear the tribution activity and has acquired brd company. Diskery will also Pigott; publishing house based in jingle of cash registers. two masters which go into release p 0 into such national mags as Ireland. Other deals with French The optimism—partly induced by this week. They are “From Now Life, Look, Esquire and The New and German publishers have not a forecast of a 70% growth for the On,” instrumental by Don Schrai- Yorker in which $150,000,000 yet been consummated. He also industry over the next decade— er’s orch, b/w "Big Tail” with worth of redemption coupons will picked up a flock of new material seemed generally to override some vocal by Ray Agee, and "Cotton be offered. which is now being prepped for a disquieting notes. For one, so long Picker” b/w "Lonesome” by Record dealers throughout the push in the U. S. . •' as the recession persists, how soon Wortham Watts. icountryareeligihleforparticipa- . .•/ ■ V .. : —— the boom? And for another, what The parent company, HiFi, has j tion in the coupon redemption of a possible, perhaps probable, re- signed 19-year-old pianist David | program following a placement of I D J C L peat of the noxious practices that Carlson to a pact with initial ses -1 a minimum order on the 46 re- raill-rnrn .^Wllfll attended hi-fi’s intro?—the price- sipn slated this week. ! leases. Coupons redeemed by cus- push in the U. S. . W M» * V* 1* 1/ IT I1V11 cutting and bogus product,. for ex¬ ample. Blunt assurances by Audio- T (H 1 IT* . Fidelity topper Sid Frey rif a re- -I A l YII* Virrnr petition met with merchants’ : ac- »V WIj I lvlVl cord, but certainly missed produc¬ ing the “shook-up” effect Frey in- llAl Q I rAW*l IlfC Warns on Overpricing UVIv ylvvv vUly The diskworks’ maverick, who’s # . • been riding the crest of hi-fi with Les Paul & Mary Ford, have end- his dramatic demonstrations in that (Continued on P*e 108>:. C;. Name Board Slate; ed their longtime tie with Capitol Records to join the Columbia ros¬ ter. The husband-wife combo at one time was one of Capitol’s hot¬ test recorders, clicking with, such CARLTON LABEL NAMES Hollywood, July 29. \ tomers can be applied by dealers • to orders on the 46 albums. The [ consumer phase of the program ; will wind up Oct, 31. Dealers will be able to redeem coupons until ; Nov. 15. ! : According to Bill Gallagher, : Col’s director of . sales, the gift ; program “provides the dealer with ' a magnetic traffic-building cam¬ paign to . set off his peak sales i season.” j In addition to providing coupon 5 ads for local cooperative advertis- : ing,. Col will sponsor an extensive test recorders, clicking with, such vAIILIyil hni/Lb iiniiua; Eliot Daniel, prexy of Local 47, program of 66 filmed tv spots and 1,000,000 sellers as “How High the IfAlFTI? YTIIV AJPD AFM, has called a special board 374 radio messages. Such mer- Moon” «d “Sitting On Top: of the lnUn.l 1 j A£LL I /lOui Dy 1 J 1 ) meeting to make nominations and chandising aids as LP browser World;’’ The teamwill record for jlonte Kelly has joined Carlton lay the groundwork for a special units, imprinted packing envelopes Col under the aegis of Mitch Mil- Records as artists & repertoire di- election of new members to the and hangcards will be provided ler, director , of. pop, artists & rep* rec |- Qr . p a ct; set by label’s prexy board of the Musicians Club. Ses- free to dealers participating in the. ertoire. j oe Carlton will run for two years, sion, to include existing directors, program. The CrewrCuts, longtime Mer- According to Carlton, Kelly will is for express purpose of setting -——-- cury pactees,; have joined the RCA produce three of his own albums up machinery for balloting to be * . .. A Victor roster. annually and will background the held the first week in September. Ilf'A V f| II 7 Also added to the Victor label Carlton artists on their disk re- - New election will supplant the ‘IiIavv last week was the Buddy Morrow leases. He’ll also go overseas for March 4 election which since has ; oreji.. vlt’s a .reunion■. for .’Morrow special .'recording projects; . been ruled invalid by Superior / 11 « • and Victor after lapse of several Kelly’s initial assignment will be Court Judge Bayard Rhone because I ai|«|avi IlmniYltf years whilf-the orch w;as disking Anita Bryant’s first for the label, s ix of those elected subsequently \jtfllllUll iiHIHI IHc under the King banner. _ ifs due on, the market in two , (Continued on page 1I0V i, • -————. RCA Victor.has streamlined its n i * V m rv i o m. ' “Saive^O^Records” plan by elim- Perkins Wew DJ opot inatmg thie consumer coupon book Denver, July 29. and the need for dealers them- After a 10-month absence from selves to register buyers as part Meanwhile, back at Capitol, label weeks. Miss Br> r ant, incidentally, added thrush. Marion Colby to its has been named IVIiss Oklahoma talent stable. She’ll be geared for and is in. the running in the Miss single and LP releases. Miss Colby America contest to be held in At- - began a run at the Cal-Neva Lodge, lantic City in September. In the Lake Tahoe, Nev., Monday (28). , past few years Kelly has turned (Continued on page 110) Perkin*’ New DJ Spot Denver, July 29. Boston, July 29. A New England regional ball¬ room org, the New England Ball¬ room Operators Assn., has been formed here, John Dineen, Hamp¬ ton Beach Casino, was elected prexy, and Kelly Weinstein of, Moseley’s, secretary-treasurer. Charter members include Doug Farrington, Totem Pole; Mike Stanzler, Rhodes, and' Dineen. Nu¬ cleus of the new group consists of Roseland-Taunton, Hempton Beach Casino, Commodore, Rhodes, To-: tem Pole, Canobie Lake, Coven- ; tion, King Philip, Moseley’s, Lin- ; coin Park, Surf, Varsity Dance j Club, Sherwood Forest and Coral 1 Gables. J The association has opened its [ membership to tooters, suppliers; and bookers. Aim is higher qual- »i ity of band music and constant im- [; provement of the ballroom Indus- : try.. Joni James’ Date With | Trom’ Pic Cancelled Hollywood, July 29. j MGM Records’ Joni James will j not appear in the Harry Romm j production “Senior Prom” at Co -1 lumbia Pictures. Chirp has been [ cancelled out of the film Because j of her delay in returning a signed j contract to the producer acknowl¬ edging acceptance tif the guesting. ’ According to the studio, the.con¬ tract had been mailed to Miss James some time ago but never returned u ntil July 15—the day /the J Pic went before the cameras. By this time her guest appearance in j “Prom” had been erased. ! The Ames Bros., who wax for RCA Victor, and also slated for a ’■Prom”’stint, dropped out of the musical because of an upcoming Das Vegas nitery date. j by RCA Victor: Crooner currently funct Essex label as “Granadia,” Ray Perkins is back at the turn-1 goes jnto effect at the^bcgmning is appearing at New York’s In "TropiCan’a” anr*“Three^* 6 ’*Clock l iable at KVOD, ABC outlet. Boboli cafe. In The Morning.” Deejay Perkins bolted his spin- gestion of dealers who wanted to Johnny Bachemln signed with Also; on the agenda at Carlton ning post at KIMN in disagreement and Jones Records, Coast indie. His are 10 albums, monaural and with station’s “Top 40” policy. In- first album, “Mr; Excitement Sings stereo, scheduled for August re- cidentially, Perkins continues in •-C naer ine new system the con- Under the new system the con- .uAviiciiicin 01115a aicicu, buicuutcu iui aukuh ic* uucmiauj, x tin-uio , *** x- ^ The Blues,” will; be cut with the lease. Included will be LP’s by his 12th year as record review col -1 Jerry Gray preh. Jack Scott arid Charlie Margrilis. Lumnist for the Denver Post. RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS P faiiETr—- Survey of retail sheet music best, sellers based bn reports obtained from leading stores in 12 : cities and showing .. com p arative sales rating jor this and last. week.. * ASCAP t BMI National Ratirir This Last wk. wk. Title and Publisher j « tPatricIa (Peer Int.)/. . /.. . ;1 •Return to Me (Southern)...... .; . tPurple. People Eater (Cordial).... 10 •Secretly (Plianetary) .... . ♦Young, Warm, W’ful (Frank ).... ,7~ ♦Left Right Your Heart (SB). . 4 ♦A Certain Smile (Miller)....... 8 tHave to Do Is Dr’m (A-Rose). v.. . ,. •Padre (R-Jungriicke) . ..,:..... 9 ♦You Need Hands (Leeds).; ■ ...... tEncharited Island (Korwin) , 2 , ♦Valore (Robins) .,:........; r .. 5 •Witch Doctor (Monarch).. tYakety Yak (Tiger) .;..: .*.'.. .. •When (Sounds) . the manufacturer’s regular nation- _ ally advertised price on the month’s "S-O-R” selections, right in the dealer’s store. The^manufacturer’s regular nationally advertised price for Red Seal albums is $4.98 and for the pop product $3.98*. First month’s Red Seal selection is “Ibera” with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony. The pop en¬ try. is “The Best of Ames” featur¬ ing the Ames Bros. Diskery is gearing for strong ad¬ vertising and promotion support on local levels to help the dealer build store traffic through “S-O-R.” The campaigns will include ad', mats, consumer supplements for in-store giveaway, mailing pieces and display cards. The campaigns will, continue month by month for each new album chosen for the program; Cadence Records’ New Shuffle in Buffalo Cadence Records has resolved its Buffalo distribution problem. Disk¬ ery, which pulled its distribution out of that area early in July, has latched on Scan Distributors for reoresentation there. In its Buffalo pullout. Cadence dropped Melody Distributors be¬ cause of the “fouled-up” distribu¬ tion setup in that area whereby the distrib operators also owned sev¬ eral one-stop operations and deal¬ ers were bypassing the distributors to buy from the one-stoppers where they could get the disks at least 5c cheaper.