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THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT DECEMBER 11, 1993
ADVERTISEMENE Music, Video Retailers feast
Everyone agrees: Johann David Heinichen:
NO. JAZZ ALBUM
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n Billboard, R &R and Gavin. On Thanksgiving Sales Bounty
A Star Is Born, Posthumously
BY PAUL SEXTON the hitherto overlooked Johann Da- Shoppers Pack Stores A Whale Of A Weekend
vid Heinichen (1683- 1729).
LONDON -A new star is taking A contemporary of Bach and This story was prepared by Paul BY SETH GOLDSTEIN
his place in the classical firmament court composer in the thriving Euro- Verna and Don Jeffrey in New
more than 250 pean art capital York, Deborah Russell in Los Ange- NEW YORK- Retailers had a whale
years after his of 1720s and les, and Ed Mor- of a tale to tell about Thanksgiving
death. 1730s Dresden, ris in Nashville. weekend video sales. It involves the
Deutsche during the reign success of Warner Home Video's
Grammophon's of Augustus NEW YORK- A r ,, "Free Willy," a direct -to-sell- through
Archiv Produk- The Strong, torrent of block- title that was no fish story for whole-
tion label has Heinichen com- buster releases salers and mass merchants.
collected critical posed works and gains in con- "It's absolutely blowing out of the
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Charlie Hader baroque performance group Musica "stars" as Vivaldi has paved the Guns N' Roses, Beavis And Butt - a flat market.
and Billy I iggin% Antiqua Köln of the "Dresden Con- way for the sales success of the head, and Metallica -as well as re- And the studio has stayed atop re-
certi," a rediscovered composition by (Continued on page 147) cent hits from Pearl Jam, Mariah orders. "Warner has done a fine job
Ynl1 9M9e3lM 1Wenayi nVerV Berdoss RCoecuortredssy Wof e Geffen (bawd, (Continued on page 130) (Continued on page 130)
The ultimate Charity Albums Benefit Labels, Too Explosive Reaction
in sound
demands BY ERIC BOEHLERT After all, "No Alternative," the lat- Kenny G, is not exactly synonymous Follows Link Of Video
est Red Hot Organization release, with modern rock. In fact, the left-
NEW YORK- Benefit records can features a who's who of college radio ward- leaning lineup of "No Alterna-
aid more than charities. They also grads. And Arista, home to high-pro- tive" initially had its backers ap- To Toddler's Murder
heighten exposure for the labels that file pop stars Whitney Houston and (Continued on page 140)
release them. BY PETER DEAN
Early last spring, the producers of
"No Alternative" sent off proposal Stars Produce `Philadelphia' Sounds LONDON -Universal's top 10 rental
video "Child's Play 3" is fast disap-
the pearing from shelves in the U.K., af-
ultimate Set Has New Springsteen, Young Tunes ter a judge suggested that it and oth-
er videos may have contributed to the
in CD cleaning. BY CRAIG ROSEN effect on its soundtrack. brutal murder of an infant here. The
"Streets Of Philadelphia," the first judge's suggestion, as well as the vis-
CD HydroBathr" LOS ANGELES- While TriStar Pic- song Springsteen has written and ceral public response, has taken the
GOO GOO DOLLS WILLIAMS tures is betting that the performed for a film, and video industry here by surprise.
Revolutionary new non -contact star power of Tom Hanks Neil Young's "Philadel- In one of the most sensational and
cClDesa.n Ain gh igshy sstepmee fdo, r raoltl attyiopne sp olaft - letters to several of the major labels and Denzel Washington phia," also written specifi- shocking trials in British legal his-
form & special surfactant fluid on a Monday morning, asking if they will make the conscious- cally for the movie, are tory, schoolboys Robert Thompson
restore CDs to their pristine state. would be interested in bankrolling ness- raising AIDS drama heard in their entirety in and Jon Venables were found guilty
discwasher the AIDS benefit record. When they "Philadelphia" a hit at the the film. Nov. 25 of abducting and murdering
heard back that Wednesday with an box office, Epic Soundtrax The stark and somber 2- year- old James Bulger.
A Division of Recoton Corp. emphatic yes from Richard Sweret, is optimistic that songs by Springsteen cut plays dur- The U.K. government also is fac-
2950 Lake Emma Road, Lake Mary, R. 32746 Arista's VP of A &R, they were Bruce Springsteen and Neil ing the opening scene, ing calls for greater censorship of the
®ACll osppyercigifhict at1i9o9n3s Rseucbojteocnt tCo ocnt.a nLgICe,N wYi th11o1u0t1 .nAoIIt ircieg.h ts reserved. shocked. Young will have a similar SPRING STEEN (Continued on page 138) (Continued on page 136)
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No. 'I IN BILLBOARD G. GN'R Cover Of Manson Song Incites Uproar
VOLUME 105 NO. 50
THE BILLBOARD 200 `Son Oi Sam' Law May Bar Convict's Royalties
* DOGGY STYLE SNOOP DOGGY DOGG DEATH ROW 144
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ADULT ALTERNATIVE NEW AGE BY CHRIS MORRIS forms the song as an acoustic ballad. ney general's office.
* NOTHING ABOVE MY SHOULDERS BUT THE EVENING 1 1 5 The song first appeared as a track on the Guns N' Roses isn't the first big- name
RAY LYNCH WINDHAM HILL LOS ANGELES -The California attorney 1970 album "Lie," a presumably boot- rock band to record a Manson song: The
/
T ADULT ALTERNATIVE WORLD MUSIC general's office is exploring the possibility legged Manson collection originally issued Beach Boys, whose late drummer Dennis
* THE SOURCE 1 1 5 that any profits made by convicted mass by Awareness Records following the Man- Wilson hung out with the Manson family in
ALI FARKA TOURE HANNIBAL murderer Charles Manson from the inclu- son family's 1969 L.A. murder spree, in 1968, cut a notorious version of a Manson
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CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN sion of one of his songs on the new Guns N' which actress Sharon Tate and six others composition originally called "Cease To Ex-
A * FIRST DECADE 1 983- 1993 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 1 32 Rstoatsee'ss asolb- cuamlle da r"eS ofno orffe Sitaambl"e stuantudteer. the weTrhe ek ailllbeudm in, ctwomo psreispianrga t'6e0 rsa dmepmaogse sc.u t by itshte." sRoentgit lweda s" Nisseuveedr Lase atrhne N Bo-ts iTdoe Loof vteh,"e
L COUNTRY Manson's song "Look At Your Game aspiring musician Manson with an eye to single "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" in
B * COMMON THREAD: THE SONGS OF THE EAGLES 29 Girl" appears as an extra track on the L.A. winning a record deal, is in print today. Its late 1968 and appeared on the 1969 album
U VARIOUS ARTISTS GANT hard -rock band's new album of punk, distributor, Performance Records of New "20/20." The single rose to No. 61, and the
GOSPEL proto -punk, and metal covers, "The Spa- Brunswick, N.J., contributes proceeds album reached No. 68.
M * KIRK FRANKLIN & FAMILY 133 ghetti Incident? " The album, released by from its sale to the Victims of Violent Geffen executives are distancing them-
S KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY GOSPO- ENTRIC Geffen Nov. 21, enters The Billboard 200 at Crime Fund, an arm of the California attor- (Continued on page 136)
HEATSEEKERS No. 4 this week.
* NO NEED FOR ALARM 18 According to SoundScan, it sold nearly
DEL THE FUNKYHOMOSAPIEN ELEKTRA 190,000 units in its first week in stores. Re-
THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 ports have suggested that publishing roy- Wherehouse Buys Utah Chain,
* GLORIA ESTEFAN MI TIERRA EPIC 34 alties for Manson could equal as much as
$62,000 per million units sold.
* DOGGY STYLE SNOORP &DOBG GY DOGG DEATH ROW 23 wiMthi kteh eV laanw Wenifnokrlcee, minefnotr mdivatisioionn oofff ictheer Receives Boost From Parent
California Department of Justice, says the
THE HOT 100 attorney general's office is considering BY ED CHRISTMAN chain's current store employees.
* AGAIN JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 142 whether "Look At Your Game Girl" falls Kevin Garn, Pegasus' owner, says he
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under the provisions of the state's Civil NEW YORK two separate moves, decided to sell because of "timing. With
ADULT CONTEMPORARY Code section 2225. Wherehouse Entertainment has bolstered consolidation going on, the national
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COUNTRY enacted to prevent murderer David quire the 15 -unit Pegasus chain, which it sicland recently opened two Media Play
* MY SECOND HOME TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIr 31 Berkowitz from profiting from his story- will pay for through an infusion of $30 mil- stores in that state.
puts a convicted felon's proceeds in invol- lion in new equity from its parent, Merrill "Short-term, we would have lost market
DANCE / CLUB PLAY 27 untary trust if the criminal is found to be Lynch Capital Partners. share; long- term, I believe we could have
* profiting from his crimes. Van Winkle says The agreement to acquire Pegasus, competed against them," he says. "But
LEMON U2 ISLAND
that officials also are investigating wheth- which is expected to cost less than $10 mil- Wherehouse made us an offer, and it was
Fi DANCE / MAXI- SINGLES SALES er other code sections may be pertinent. lion, according to a press release, is sched- acceptable."
* GETTOJAM DOMINO OUFBURST/ RAL 27 Van Winkle says, "One of the things uled to close in January or February. Garn says he will continue to run Pega-
T they have to figure out is if Manson was a Wherehouse chairman and CEO Scott sus' wholesale business, KSG, a rackjob-
LATIN legitimate musician ... Would Guns N' Young says the pending acquisition repre- ber that numbers among its accounts Pace
*
POR UNA LAGRIMA 36 Roses be covering this tune right now if it sents a continuation of the chain's strate- warehouse stores, the Smith food chain,
LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE RODVEN wasn't by Charles Manson ?" gy to diversify out of the Southern Cali- some small drug chains, and a large num-
NI R &B Van Winkle adds that a Department of fornia market and to gain a higher ratio of ber of individual stores, including truck
G * GANGSTA LEAN DRS CAPITOL 20 Cthoer rveecrtyio lnesa srt,e pthreersee nwtaatsi vaen a"gsareide mthenatt, bae-t mabaollu st t8o0r%es .o fW thheemre hino uCsea lirfuonrns ia3.4 2P esgtoarseuss, sbtuospisn.e s"sM, yp oisnstiebnltyi otnh rios utgoh g raocwqu itshieti ornasc,k"
LES * CAN WHE OTATLK R &TEBV INA CIRAMPPLBAELYL OWEST 21 t.aw.n.de I etwn s hp[eGenlel hsff eiet'ns a 'slg l oponaurneta-n wgt]e htM aiCtt. "Ah e 'asn gdo Mnnaan sgoent hsWeavshe eenri egmhhoat ulfls rseet etoo -rsteatsal, n towd ih3ni5gc7 h.c oPwmeogbuaolsd us tbso ririsen sgm aatinhnde- hMeeA srrasi yllfs o.L ry nthceh , inwfhuisciho nac oquf inreedw theeq uWithye rbey-
Geffen spokesperson Bryn Bridenthal ly in Utah, with one store in Helena, Mont. house chain in May 1992 through a lever-
HO* GTA NRG &STBA LSEAINN GLDRESS SCAAPITLOEL S 2 1 sMaaynss othne wciollm npoatn yre cheaisv e" ianndyic amtieocnhsa ntihcaatl quWisihtieornesh oaunsde enxewpa nsstoiorne polpanens incaglsl fion r tahce- atigoend obf utyhoeu ta, cYquouisnigti osnasy so, f" TRheec ocrodm Sbhinoap-
royalties, and we are investigating that western U.S., Young points out. In the past and Pegasus was beyond our growth
vigorously. There may have been a judg- year, the chain has acquired the Rocky plans' expectations, so [we] needed money
* SHOOP SALT- N- PEPAP NEXT PLATEAU/ LONDON 22 ment against him, and all monies would go Mountain Records and Record Shop chains. to handle those acquisitions. Also, the
/ against this judgment." Of the latest move, Young says, "Pega- [music retail] industry is consolidating
ROCK ALBUM ROCK TRACKS "Look At Your Game Girl" appears as an sus is exceptionally well run and respected pretty quickly now, and we want to be
* DAUGHTER PEARL JAM EPIC 132 uncredited 13th track on "The Spaghetti In- in that marketplace." He adds that Where- able to take advantage of opportunities as
cident?"; neither the CD booklet nor Gef- house will retain the Pegasus name in they happen."
/ fen publicity materials make reference to those markets and absorb most of that
ROCK MODERN ROCK TRACKS
* 132 its inclusion. Lead singer W. Axl Rose per-
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Paramount Adopts Wider PPV Window
Evidence Piles
BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK president /CEO of PPV supplier Heyworth said. ties, it's not going to matter," he said. Up In Probe
Viewer's Choice. "If Blockbuster of- Bolstered by the results, Klingen- "We want them to help us on the ti-
ANAHEIM, Calif. -Paramount's fers a premium buy of $5 million per smith said Paramount will go to a 60- tles like 'The Thing Called Love,' " he
Of U.K. Biz
success with an 80 -day pay- per- view picture with a 90 -day window, the day average PPV window for all of said. "Dealers don't buy as much on
window on "Indecent Proposal," studios will take the money." its releases. those kind of titles as they used to."
"The Firm," and "Sliver" has con- Klingensmith revealed after the "It's always been our intention to PPV panelists continued to ham- BY DOMINIC PRIDE
vinced the studio to give hit movies panel that the PPV business is also in go to 60 days instead of the 50- to 55- mer away at the recent Video Soft- and THOM DUFFY
an average of 75 days at rental be- for a blow from Blockbuster. He said day average we have now," he said. ware Dealers Assn. study that con- -It
fore going to PPV. Further, the test the retail giant is planning a cam- He said bigger hits would have a cluded rampant PPV theft hurts the LONDON has cost every ma-
results may make longer windows paign to let its customers know that 75-day average PPV window. The rental business (Billboard, Nov. 20). jor U.K. record company tens of
standard operating procedure for the PPV channels will get some movies sell -through window would remain at "The assumptions made in the re- thousands of pounds and thou-
entire home video trade, despite con- long after their video debuts. 60 to 90 days, he said. port were terrible, and the form of re- sands of man hours, but they still
tinued protests from the PPV indus- Details of Blockbuster's campaign However, Paramount's policy search was inappropriate," said Pan - have nothing to show for it.
try- are expected by the end of December. could change if retailers don't re- ero, claiming back-t o-back home tap- Since May, the Monopolies and
Under the test of its 80 -day win- "What's really happening is that spond to the studio's push to increase ing and piracy costs the video Mergers Commission (MMC), an
dow, Paramount was able to boost home video is an enormous client to their purchases of secondary titles. industry more than PPV theft. independent government regula-
sales $19 million above its original the studios, and Blockbuster is tired Based on trade data, Klingensmith "This report is a red herring," said tor, has been investigating the
goal, according to Bob Klingensmith, of hearing the hype about PPV," said estimated that an additional $40 mil- Michael J. Egan, VP of programming supply and pricing of recorded
president of the video division at Par- panelist Hugh Panero, president/ lion in rental revenues will be at Cablevision Industries. "PPV is a music in the U.K. Its goal: to es-
amount Pictures Corp. CEO of Request Television. pumped into dealers' cash registers badly shackled business and this re- tablish whether major record com-
The results likely will make it more Based on this scenario, Panero con- as a result of the extended window. port tied on one more rope." panies operate a monopoly and act
difficult for PPV executives to con- cluded that studios would rather stall "If they just buy the same on A ti- (Continued on page 136) against the interests of the public.
vince studios to deliver films to PPV PPV growth in favor of video. The commission is taking oral
in a more timely fashion. "I think this a short- term decision, and written evidence from a wide
Klingensmith unveiled the results and the studios would like the win- range of sources inside and out-
of the Paramount test at the Cable dows issue to go away in order to side the music business. Major
Television Administration & Market- build our business," Panero said. and independent labels have coop-
ing Society's 5th annual Western Re- But Paramount's results with the erated with the inquiry and sub-
gional Conference held in Anaheim, expanded window increased com- mitted detailed evidence.
Calif., Nov. 29-30. bined unit sales on the three titles by EMI Music's submission takes
At the confab, PPV executives ap- 300,000 units over its goal of 1.2 mil- up more than five bound volumes
pearing on a panel with Klingensmith lion, Klingensmith said. Revenues to and stacks some three feet from
accused the home video industry of the supplier rose from a goal of $73 the ground, and is the sum total of
conspiring to curb the growth of PPV million to a final tally of $92 million. months of work by EMI, its par-
by using its economic stronghold "On 'Sliver' we thought we would ent Thorn EMI, and accountants
over Hollywood to force studios to sell about 250,000 units, and we sold Coopers & Lybrand.
extend PPV windows to 80-90 days. 377,000 units," Klingensmith said af- This year, EMI executives and
"Clearly, the home video industry ter the session. those from other record compa-
wants to improve its advantage with Although "Sliver" made only $35 nies submitted evidence to anoth-
the studios," said Jim Heyworth, million at the box office, Klingen- er inquiry, the Commons Select
smith dismissed the notion that the Committee on National Heritage,
star power of Sharon Stone in an which set out to determine why
erotic thriller, or additional distribu- prices of CDs were significantly
Hi -Def VCR From tor incentive programs, boosted higher in the U.K. than the U.S.
sales. "The only thing that was dif- (Billboard, April 24). That inquiry
ferent was the increased window," recommended that major record
JVC Ready For Klingensmith said. companies should lower the prices
"Yesterday" Still Popular Today. At the annual awards dinner of BMI and the
Had the titles been released to of top line releases by $3.
Japanese Debut PwPinVd owwi thfo trh eh ittr atidtilteiso,n caol m30b- itnoe d4 5P-dPaVy aBnrdit isVhP P oefr fEourmroinpge aRn igwhrtit Sero /cpiuebtyl,is BhMerI rperleastiiodnesn tP /ChiEl OG raFhraanmc,e lse ftW, . pPreressetnotn P, ariugl ht, miSttheeo rtdlye liavfetreerd thites vSeerldeicctt C(Borilnl- -
revenues would have been projected McCartney with an award commemorating more than 6 million U.S. broadcasts board, May 22), the newly appoint-
TOKYO -Victor Company of Ja- at $3 million, he said. "And that's be- of "Yesterday," making it the most -performed song in BMI's catalog of more ed director general of the Office
pan (JVC) has launched the ing generous." than 2 million works. The Robert Musel Award, honoring BMI's most -performed of Fair Trading (OFT), Sir Bryan
world's first home -use, high -defi- Total 1993 revenues for the PPV in- song of the year written by a PRS writer, went to "Tears In Heaven," written by Carsberg, referred the music in-
Eric Clapton (PRS) and Will Jennings (BMI).
nition VCR, the HR -Wl. dustry are estimated at $400 million, dustry to the MMC.
The first units are due to hit the Most in the music industry
Japanese market in late Decem- were relieved that the MMC
ber, priced at 620,000 yen ($5,688). MCA Aims For Bull's -Eye With Target Tie-In would conduct its inquiry in a me-
Blank video tapes will go on sale thodical and even -handed manner,
a4,t9 t0h0e a nsadm 5e,9 t0i0m ye,e np (r$ic4e5d - $b5e4)t.w een Retailer Helps Promote Vince Gil4 Trisha Yearwood ates eo'sp paopsepda rteon tthlye Sseinlegclte -C moimnmdeitd-
The hi-def VCR uses a new vid- crusade to damage the music in-
eo format, W -VHS, developed by BY EDWARD MORRIS Yearwood for their association with sha," he says. dustry. While the Select Commit-
JVC and based on the Japanese the chain. In spite of the promotion's scope, tee's televised coverage was seen
high -definition television broad- NASHVILLE -Some Target stores Walt Wilson, MCA's senior VP of Wilson says the campaign was not as a public relations disaster for
cast standard known as Hi- Vision, are beginning to look a lot like Vince marketing and sales, says he has particularly expensive for the label. the business, the MMC investiga-
which uses analog signals (Bill- Gill /Trisha Yearwood boutiques be- been on Target's trail for "several "We did our normal fourth -quarter tions are being carried out confi-
board, Sept. 11). W -VHS thus will cause of a tie-in MCA Records began years," since he noticed the compa- advertising with Target- really noth- dentially.
play existing VHS tapes, unlike working on years ago. ny's tie- in with the Judds and, later, ing over and above that. We did make The MMC is seeking to estab-
the digital VCR format that 10 Not only are the two MCA artists Amy Grant. an arrangement for them in terms of lish whether a monopoly exists
companies- including Sony, Mat- featured in plentiful point- of -pur- "We've just kind of been waiting in the premium cassette single. Really, and, if it does, in whose favor it
sushita and JVC- are jointly de- chase displays, but Target also spot- line for the right positioning," Wilson that was it. We knew what we were operates, whether any uncompeti-
veloping (Billboard, July 17). lights (both in store and in print) the says. "They felt that Trisha and going to get into because of our rela- tive practices are used to exploit
Besides JVC, companies sup- special Christmas cassette single the Vince would fit their needs, which tionship with Ken Stilts and what or maintain a monopoly, whether
porting W -VHS are Matsushita, two recorded as part of the promo- was extremely fortunate for us, since [Target] had done for the Judds." any actions on the part of the ma-
Mitsubishi, Sharp, and Hitachi. tion. Target gives the cassette free it meant not one but two artists in- (Stilts managed the Judds and contin- jor players can be attributed to
The W -VHS format, according with the purchase of either Gill's volved." ues to manage Wynonna Judd, who is the existence of a monopoly, and
to JVC, "offers a new application "Let There Be Peace On Earth" al- In March, Wilson says, MCA and now on MCA.) whether it can be seen as operat-
for home -use VCRs through dra- bum or Yearwood's "The Song Re- Target completed their agreement "Target told me that they repre- ing against the public interest.
matic improvements in recording members When." for the venture. "That's when we sented close to 40% of the total sales However, the MMC is leaving
and playback quality, and has the The cassette single, which Target started setting it up: contacting man- on Amy Grant's Christmas album no stone unturned in its search for
ability to simultaneously record calls its "holiday theme song," is Gill agers, clearances, photo sessions, TV last year because of this campaign," evidence of a monopoly. It is tak-
and play back two separate pro- and Yearwood's duet of "Another commercials, etc. Then we worked Wilson says. "They can obviously ing evidence from major and inde-
grams." Angel Gets Its Wings." out an arrangement for the cassette move a tremendous amount of vol- pendent labels, budget distributors
Other manufacturers are ex- In addition to this exposure, the single attachment to each of their ume." outside the British Phonographic
pected to roll out their own W- two artists and their music are in Tar- products." (The cassettes are blister - Although Wilson says he cannot Industry, retailers, publishers, per-
VHS machines not long after that, get TV and radio spots currently air- packed with the albums.) pinpoint Target's sales impact pre- forming rights organizations, con-
since they will be able to use com- ing, and their images beam out from The Christmas promotion started cisely, he says, "Trisha's definitely sumer groups, and concerned
ponents and production facilities the television sets advertised in Tar- around the first of November, Wilson got the fastest- selling album of her members of the public, on as many
for existing VHS video systems. get circulars. says. "You walk in the store, and lit- career, and Vince's Christmas album aspects as possible.
STEVE McCLURE Target billboards at various loca- erally everywhere you look, you see is smokin' right now- and I think (Continued on page 140)
tions around Nashville thank Gill and great big pictures of Vince and Tri- Target is the reason."
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Editor in Chief TIMOTHY WHITE
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor. KEN SCHLAGER
Deputy Editor. Iry Lichtman
News Editor. Susan Nunziata
Director of Special Issues: Gene Sculatti; Dalet Brady, Associate Director
Bureau Chiefs: Craig Rosen (LA.), Bill Holland (Washington) Concerts Can Promote Responsibility
John Lannert (Caribbean and Latin America)
Art Director. Jeff Nisbet
Senior Copy Editor. Barbara Davies
Copy Editor. Jon Cummings
Radio: Phyllis Stark, Editor (N.Y.), Eric Boehlert, Features Editor (N.Y.) BY CYNTHIA EMMETS property damage due to vandalism, addi- Abuse defines problem drinking as the con-
TSeanleionrt WMreiltienrdsa: CNheriws mMaonr, riEs di(tLorA (.N),. YP.a) ul Verna (N.Y.) tional security costs, and lost patronage sumption of more than two drinks a day, or
R &B Music: J.R. Reynolds, Editor (LA.) You've got great seats to a concert for due to fights, arrests, and other inappropri- more than five drinks at a sitting more
Country Music /Nashville: Edward Morris, Editor, Peter Cronin, Associate Ed. which you've waited five hours in line to ate behavior. than two times a week.
DHaonmcee VMiduesoic: : SLeathr ryG Folldicskt,e iEn,d iEtodr ito(Nr .Y(N.). Y.), buy tickets. You're primed for some great There is a problem, one that affects Concert promoters can require that non-
Eileen Fitzpatrick, Associate Editor (LA.) music, but when you get to your seats, everyone. Therefore, the solution must in- alcoholic beer be promoted by a tour or con-
Retail: Ed Christman, Senior Ed. (N.Y.), Don Jeffrey, Associate Ed. (N.Y.) you're next to four guys who have been in- clude everyone. cert's beer sponsor, and that messages
MPruos iAc uVdiidoe/Toe: eDhenboolorgayh: RMusasreillyl,n EGdililteonr , (ELAdi.to) r (N.Y.) timately involved over the last several One answer is alcohol risk management, about not drinking and driving be exhibit-
Staff Reporters: Trudi Miller Rosenblum (N.Y.), Carrie Borzillo (LA.) hours with a fifth of Jack Daniels and a which means anticipating problems associ- ed. Promoters also can take care to choose
Administrative /Research Assistant: Terri Horak (N.Y.) couple of six packs of beer. They finished ated with alcohol use and preventing and arenas and stadiums that have an alcohol
Contributors: Jim Bessman, Fred Bronson, Lisa Collins, Bob Darden,
Is Horowitz, Larry LeBlanc, Jeff Levenson, off the last of their preperformance liquid risk- management program in place.
Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Havelock Nelson refreshment in the parking lot just two `Prepare for Alcohol sponsors can take part by ar-
INTERNATIONAL minutes before taking their seats, and ranging for training of arena /stadium em-
International Editor -In -Chief ADAM WHITE they're ready to party. They scream problems before ployees in recognizing and responding to
European News Editor. Dominic Pride they occur'
International Deputy Editor. Thom Duffy "ROCK AND ROLL, DUDE!" at the tops intoxicated patrons, erecting signage that
Tokyo Bureau Chief: Steve McClure of their lungs (and right in your ear) Cynthia Emmets is a discourages drinking and driving, and pro-
Chief European Correspondent: Mike Hennessey throughout the entire performance, so the project director with viding support for organizations working
Special Issues Editor: Peter Jones (London)
CHARTS & RESEARCH music you hear is punctuated with slurred Public Health to reduce drunken driving and other alco-
Associate Publisher: MICHAEL ELLIS outbursts from your rowdy neighbors. Foundation hol-related problems.
Associate Director of Charts /Retail: Geoff Mayfield (LA.) What's wrong with this picture? The pro- Enterprises Inc., Los Record companies can invest in their con-
ACshsaortc iMataen aDgireercst:o rS uozfa Cnnhea rBtsa /Rptaisdtieo : (RKaepv /iJna zMzc/CGaobsep e(Nl),. YA.)n thony Colombo moters and the arena made money because Angeles, and director sumers by sponsoring efforts aimed at re-
(Album Rock), Ricardo Companioni (Dance), Roger Fitton (Adult the seats were sold. The performers are of the Orange County ducing alcohol abuse among young adults.
Alternative), Steven Graybow (Adult Contemporary), John Lannert (Latin), happy because the fans are screaming for Responsible Approximately 3.3 million drinking teen-
M(Bailrlbko aMrda ro2n0e0 ()M, Kodeevrinn MRcoCcka/ bSet u(dHioot A10c0ti)o, nT),e rGri eoRfof sMsi ay(Rfi&e lBd ), their music. The record comany is happy Hospitality Assn. agers ages 14 to 17 show signs that they
Lynn Shults (Country), Marc Zubatkin (Video /Classical) because it's promoting a new album. The reducing them with several techniques: may develop serious alcohol -related prob-
Chart Production Manager. Roger Fitton beer sponsor is happy because an entire conducting an audit of the facility to deter- lems. For many artists, this is a major tar-
Assistant Chart Production Manager. Paul Page
Archive Research Supervisor. Silvio Pietroluongo arena full of kids is seeing its signage, mine where alcohol problems originate; get market. Record companies should en-
Administrative Assistants: Steven Graybow (N.Y.), Brett Atwood (L.A.) which is draped across the top and bottom having written policies and procedures that courage artists to be aware of their im-
Chart Surveyor. David Runco of the stage. This is in addition to having control alcohol use in every part of the ven- ages: Are they promoting the image of
AssSoAcLiaEtSe Publisher: GENE SMITH the sponsor's name on every ad for the con- ue-the parking lots, the ticket takers and "partying" responsibly?
National Advertising Director. Jim Beloff cert and on the 25,000 tickets that were sellers, the restrooms, the concession An artist should be responsible about the
European Advertising Manager. Patricia A. Rod Jennings sold, and often having its beer available at stands; instituting security and law en- messages he or she sends about drinking,
Advertising Services Manager. Michele Jacangelo
New York: Ken Karp, Norm Berkowitz, Ken Piotrowski, the concession stands. No problem, right? forcement policies and procedures; training not only through words but through image.
Nancy Bowman, Maureen Ryan, Doug Ferguson Wrong. every employee, not just security and alco- Performers should learn the facts about al-
Classified (N.Y.): Jeff Serrette, Laura Rivchun The problem in the above scenario goes hol servers, in recognizing and responding coholism and support the efforts of organi-
LA.: Jodie LeVitus, Jon Guynn, Gary Nuell, Michael Nixon,
Melinda Bell, Alyse Zigman beyond creating an unpleasant environ- appropriately to intoxicated patrons; and zations working to eliminate alcohol abuse.
Nashville: Lee Ann Pack ment for sober attendees. According to the erecting signage and broadcasting mes- It is also important for performers to an-
EToukroypoe: : BCilhl rHisetirnsee y Chinetti (London), Megan Ahrens U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and sages that encourage responsible drinking, nounce messages promoting a designated
Southeast Asia: Grace Ip, 310 -330 -7888 (LA.) the Federal Bureau of Investigations, alco- and warn against drinking and driving. driver throughout the concert, especially at
Milan: Lidia Bonguardo, 011 -3936 -254 -4424 hol is a factor in 66% of fatal automobile These techniques, when implemented by the beginning and end of the show.
MCaenlbaoduar:n eN:o rAmm Banedrkao Gwuitez,s t,2 01121-5 -3661-35 -081264 -8260/8263 (fax) crashes; 50% of rapes; 70% of murders; 83% arena and stadium managers, create a Record companies also can set a positive
Miami: Angela Rodriguez, 305 -441 -7976 of injuries at a stadium or arena event; 41% team of employees and concert-goers who example internally, and avoid the risk of li-
Mexico City: Giselle Trainor 525 -658 -7461 of assaults; and 37% of suicides annually. work together to reduce the risk associated ability associated with alcohol use at com-
MARKETING For young adults ages 15-2 4-the aver- with the use of alcohol. It is everyone's re- pany functions by implementing a corpo-
DPriroemctootiro onf DMiraercktoert.in gE:l isJsAaN TEo mRAaNseZtMti AN age age of concert -goers -the top three sponsibility to participate in the solution. rate alcohol risk- management program.
Promotion Art Director. Tom Senif causes of death are automobile crashes, Concert patrons should find out if the When it comes to alcohol, the best of-
Special Projects Coordinator. Melissa Subatch suicides, and fatal assaults or homicides. venue has an alcohol risk -management pro- fense is a good defense. Prepare for prob-
Circulation Manager. Jeanne Jamin
European Circulation Manager. Sue Dowman (London) These three causes account for 78% of this gram. If not, they should suggest to the lems before they occur. If everyone works
Assistant Circulation Manager. Adam Waldman age group's deaths, and, as the statistics arena management that one be adopted. together to solve this public health issue,
PRODUCTION above show, often are alcohol -related. If attendees plan on drinking and driving we can prove the old adage: "An ounce of
ADdirveecrttoisri.n Mg APRrIoEd uRc. tiGoOn MMBaEnRaTg er. John Wallace In addition to posing a problem for their to the concert, they should arrange for a prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Associate Advertising Production Manager. Lydia Mikulko own health and the public health and safe- designated driver. Additionally, a concert-
Production Assistant: Cindee Weiss ty, intoxicated concert -goers also pose a goer should be aware of his or her own al- The statistics presented in this commen-
EAdssitiosrtiaanl t PErodditoucritaiol nP rMoadnuacgtioenr. TMearnreangceer. CD. reSwan dWehrse eler problem for the concert arena: potential cohol consumption patterns. The National tary are a combination of FBI and U.S.
Specials Production Editor. John Tregu a lawsuits, increased insurance premiums, Institute Of Alcoholism And Alcohol Dept. of Health and Human Services data
Systems/Technolou Supervisor Barry Bishin; Assistant Marcia Repinski
Composition Technicians: Marc Giaquinto, Morris Kliegman, LETTER
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Directories Production Manager: Len Durham
ADMINISTRATION
VDPir /eDcitroerc otof rO opfe rLaictieonnssi/n Rg :& BG eMorugsiinca GCrhouaplli:s Terri Rossi (N.Y.) INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVE agree. Great artists have sought to do lars to package these messages in slick vid-
Director of Operations /Country Music: Lynn Shults (Nashville) There are a lot of things about gangsta rap more than mirror society; they attempt to eos, CDs, and concerts, the "ugly images
VP & Executive Editorial Director. Lee Zhito that bother me, but those things are never transcend it, in a search for the deeper of reality" become glorified, romanticized,
DDiirsetrcibtourtieiosn PDuibrelicshtoerr.. ERdown aWrdi llSmkaibna going to be addressed in any kind of con- meaning and truth in life. and are ultimately self -p erpetuating.
Group Sales Administrator. Carlton Posey structive manner when politicians and oth- For example, Marvin Gaye's "What's No man or woman is an island. We do in-
Billing: Debbie Liptzer er media -grabbers take a couple of lines Going On ?" is a song that displays such fluence each other by the music we make.
Assistant to the Publisher. Kara DioGuardi from songs and draw simple- minded con- artistry, and there are countless others. No While offering no real solutions, rappers
PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: HOWARD LANDER clusions. Steven S. Salem's commentary one would accuse Gaye of simply mirroring mirror graphic realities that we, as a soci-
BILLBOARD OFFICES: (Billboard, Nov. 27) was particularly articu- his surroundings. Faced with a virulently ety, must face. But even these realities are
New York Washington, D.C. Nashville late and provided a well -thought-out per- racist American society torn apart by a lost on white, middle-class America. With
1N5.Y15., BNrYo a1d0w03a6y 8W0a6s h1.,5 thD .CS.t . 2N00.W05. 4N9a sMhvuislliec, STqNu a3r7e2 0W3. spective on what this ongoing debate is senseless war, Gaye sang not only of the the exception of teen -agers, the closest
212-764-7300 202-783-3282 615-321-4290 really about. way things were but of the way things middle America gets to rap music is when
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Los Angeles 3rd Floor Hersey- Shiga Int'I. Marketing /concert promotion consultant cause his message is timeless, his song en- ing late at night. It's a brief encounter with
5L0o5s5 AWngielslhesir,e CBAl v9d0. 036 2L3o nRdoidng mWoCu1nEt 7SAt.H 6D -a1is9a -n1 6 UJtsinungoumm'rayea Bldg. 402 New York dures. young black male Americans.
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edit 011-81-3-3867-0617 In his commentary, Steven S. Salem writes, fronted with the violence and despair of life Park Ridge, III.
BPI COMMUNICATIONS edit fax [phone] "Artists have never been anything more in the inner-city, they surrender to it and
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Sony Execs Respond To Charges
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Mottola Says Michael Album Was Top Priority
War Over Computers, C'rights
BY CHRIS WHITE zation." massage and would not see us. We
BY IRV LICHTMAN National Music Publishers Assn. Questioned by Sony counsel Gor- had to catch an 11 p.m. plane back.
The complaint refers to Ohio - LONDON -The tide appeared to be don Pollock about an occasion when There was absolutely no intention
NEW YORK -U.S. music publish- based Compuserve's "MIDI /Music turning in the seventh week of he and Columbia Records president of insulting Michael."
ers are mounting their first legal Forum" service, which offers music George Michael's restraint of trade Don Ienner were alleged to have Mottola also denied that he had
challenge against copyright in- files that are available for down- case against Sony Music here, as la- left a George Michael concert in To- ever offered Kahane a consultancy
fringement in the world of interac- loading directly to a subscriber's bel heavyweights got their chance ronto before the show had finished, with Sony, or suggested that Ka-
tive computer technology. home computer. to reply to accusations leveled at Mottola said that he and Ienner had hane's management company
In a class- action suit filed Nov. 29 The publishers, aware of the so- them in previous weeks. arrived several hours early, so that should merge with Champion Enter-
in U.S. District Court here, Frank called information and entertain- Sony Music Entertainment presi- they could both talk to Michael and tainment, the company formerly
Music claims that Compuserve, a ment "superhighway" of the fu- dent/C00 Tommy Mottola denied see the concert. They were told by owned by Mottola. Under cross -ex-
large on -line information and elec- ture, apparently want to act early that there had ever been a company Rob Kahane, Michael's manager, amination, Mottola said he had di-
tronic communication service, has against alleged unauthorized use of decision "not to get behind" Mi- that the singer would not see them. vested himself of any interest in
allowed subscribers to make illegal copyrights. While greatly expanded chael's album "Listen Without Prej- Later Michael walked out of his Champion by 1991. Mottola had
copies of its standard copyright, use of musical copyrights is fore- udice." Mottola also denied that dressing room to go on stage and made no improper offers, he said.
"Unchained Melody." cast for the new communication there had been any intention "to just nodded to them. "We saw at Asked by Pollock whether he had
The complaint also refers to some age, publishers say that widespread teach George Michael a lesson" least 90% of the show, and for the connections with "any unsavory or-
550 other unnamed copyrights abuse of copyrighted works could with the handling of the record. last couple of songs we stood back- ganizations," Mottola replied,
owned by 140 publisher members of defeat this financial promise. Mottola asserted, "He was a su- stage to catch the encore," Mottola "No," and similarly denied that he
the Harry Fox Agency, the mechan- At this point, the charges against perstar who needed priority by the said. "We asked Kahane again had ever sought to put Kahane "in
ical royalty collection arm of the (Continued on page 147) entire company ... and this attitude about seeing Mr. Michael, but he fear for himself and his family."
was shared by others in the organi- said that [Michael] was going for a (Continued on page 141)
Nelson's `Stardust' Legendary Blues Guitarist
Sequel To Emerge Albert Collins Dead At 61
On Texas Indie BY CHRIS MORRIS the neck. He used no picks but rather
plucked the strings percussively with
BY PETER CRONIN LOS ANGELES- Friends and asso- his thumb and two fingers. On stage
ciates recall blues guitarist Albert and in the studio, he ran his amps at
NASHVILLE- With his recent induc- Collins as an innovative stylist, a the highest possible volume.
tion into the Country Music Hall of fiercely competitive player, and a su- Iglauer recalls that during record-
Fame, Willie Nelson's stature and visi- preme showman whose work in- ing sessions, "we didn't get him to
bility are at their highest point in sev- spired a generation of Texas axemen. (Continued on page 140)
eral years. So it may come as a sur- Collins succumbed to cancer Nov.
prise that the performer's next album 24 at his Las Vegas home. He was 61.
will be released by Justice Records, a Collins' manager John Boncimino Larry Uttal, Label
Houston- based independent label. says B.B. King, the guitarist's idol
The new album, which will be titled and peer, visited him the night before
Chief & Hit Maker,
"Moonlight Becomes You" and is he died.
scheduled for release in February, According to Boncimino, a spot
will be a kind of sequel to "Stardust," You Gotta Have Heart. Capitol recording act Heart socializes after performing was discovered on the musician's Dies At Age 71
an acoustic set at the Los Angeles release party for the group's new album,
Nelson's multiplatinum Columbia Re- lung in a preliminary examination in
cords collection of pop standards "Desire Walks On," which includes the single "Black On Black II." Heart began Switzerland at the end of a European NEW YORK -Larry Uttal, one of
a four -week tour in mid -November, including appearances on "The Late Show
from 1978. concert tour in July. A subsequent the most consistent hit makers of the
With David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." Pictured, from
"Willie's agreement with Columbia examination found that the cancer '60s and '70s as the operator of sever-
left, are Capitol executive VP Ralph Simon; Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson;
expired in September of this year, had spread to his liver. al independent labels, died here Nov.
and he's always wanted to work with Capitol president /CEO Gary Gersh; and Heart's Howard Leese. Bruce Iglauer, whose Alligator Re- 25 at the age of 71 as a result of
an independent, and with me specifi- cords released some of Collins' most AIDS.
cally, on this particular project," says acclaimed records, says of the artist: Although he began to hit his stride
Justice president and longtime Nel- Miss. Mass Choir, Franklin "He had a really incisive rhythm in the late '50s as the owner of Madi-
son compadre Randall Jamail. "I sense. He approached blues guitar son Records, where he released hits
don't want to give the misimpression like Charlie Parker approached saxo- by the Viscounts, Dante & the Ever-
that Willie is signed to Justice Rec- Are Tops At Gospel Awards phone. His tone was instantly recog- greens, and Nino & Ebbtides, among
ords, because that is not the case. I'm nizable, and his dynamics were as others, his talent blossomed in the
(Continued on page 138) broad as anyone's in the blues. And '60s when he ran the Amy, Mala, and
BY LISA COLLINS King Jr. his music told a story." Bell labels. He was hired to run the
Newcomer Franklin, 23, who sur- Robert Cray, whose band backed three labels by kiddie -music entrepre-
CHICAGO -The Mississippi Mass faced with one of the year's biggest Collins in the '70s and who recorded neur Al Massler to make rock'n'roll
Choir and Kirk Franklin led the gospel releases, wowed the crowd the seminal "Showdown!" album hits. Before this appointment, he
field with two awards apiece at the with a stirring finale of "Why We with him, says, "Everyone who knew spent some time as a staffer at E.B.
ninth annual Stellar Gospel Music Sing," which landed him the song of Albert would say he had a big heart, Marks Music.
Awards, held here Nov. 27. The the year award. Franklin and his 17- a great personality, and was fun to By 1964, the operation fell solely
black -tie ceremony, before a capaci- member backup group, the Family, be around. But when it came to play- under the Bell banner, under which
ty crowd of 3,000 at Chicago's Audi- also were winners in the best new ing guitar, he had no mercy on any- Uttal had a parade of produced hits
torium Theater, honored the year's artist category. The awards, cou- one -the guitarslinger! God bless by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit
top performances in 14 categories pled with two performances at the him." -a Wheels, Tony Orlando & Dawn, the
of traditional and contemporary ceremony, are sure to boost sales Collins' famed "cool sound " so- Partridge Family, Barry Manilow,
gospel music. for the group, which released its briquet that applied more to frigidly- David Cassidy, the Fifth Dimension,
The show was taped for national first album less than five months titled compositions like "Frosty," and Gary Glitter, among others. Bell
TV syndication by Chicago -based ago on the Sparrow- distributed "Sno-Cone," and "Don't Lose Your was acquired by Columbia Pictures in
Central City Productions. It is slat- Gospo-Centric label. Cool" than to his choked, heated play- the late '60s and ended operations in
Willie Nelson, right, at Pedernales ed to air between Jan. 13 and Feb. The sentimental favorite, the Mis- ing -was the product of a battery of 1974. Some of its key acts were
Recording Studios with studio owner
6, 1994 in more than 100 markets sissippi Mass Choir, took traditional unorthodox techniques. picked up by Arista Records, another
Freddie Fletcher, left, and Randall
as a two -hour, prime -time special choir of the year honors, while the He tuned his blonde 1961 Fender to label formed with Columbia Pictures.
Jamail, president of Justice Records.
and salute to Dr. Martin Luther (Continued on page 32) a minor chord and capoed it high on (Continued on page 141)
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You know his work. The two triple platinum Holiday projects,
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, and Mannheim Steamroller - A Fresh
Aire Christmas, have redefined the music of the season. They are
played more than any others at this time of the year. SESAC is proud
to have represented performing rights for his music for more than two
decades. It is an honor to be associated with Chip's timeless
contribution to the holiday season.
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Kids' Radio Net Eyes Labels Fire
New Legal Shot
Retail Sales For `Hits'
At Conn. Pirates
BY CARRIE BORZILLO Planet AAHS is donating $1 for
each unit sold to an organization BY BILL HOLLAND
LOS ANGELES -The rapidly ex- called Kids For Saving Earth.
panding Children's Satellite Net- "We've been doing Radio AAHS- WASHINGTON, D.C. -If there were
work, also known as Radio AAHS, is sponsored children's concerts in Min- any doubt that counterfeiters are
making its most- requested songs neapolis that have been immensely getting the hardball treatment from
commercially available via its new successful, and we're the only compa- the anti- piracy unit of the Recording
Planet AAHS Recording Company. ny that keeps track of the songs kids Industry Assn. Of America, a combi-
The first release, "Playing All Day like to hear the most," says Dahl, nation -punch legal action on the part
With Radio AAHS," a 12- song compi- who will also serve as president of of several RIAA plaintiff labels
lation, has been available through the Planet AAHS Recording Company. Domino Effect. Executives of RAL /Chaos /Columbia announce a new long -term should serve as a chilling revelation.
station's toll -free number since Nov. "We figure this is just a natural ex- agreement to distribute, market, and promote the Outburst Records label. The first Not satisfied with a successful
22. tension of what we've been doing." release under the new agreement will be an album by rap artist Domino. Shown in criminal lawsuit against Connecticut
Chris Dahl, president of Radio Radio AAHS compiles a weekly back row, from left, are Steve Shapiro, RAL /Def Jam; Tony Anderson, Columbia; pirates, the plaintiffs in the case,
AAHS' parent company, Children's top 30 list of listeners' favorite David Harleston, RAL /Def Jam; "Greedy" Greg Jesse, Outburst; Lyor Cohen, RAL/ RIAA -member labels Fantasy, Song,
Broadcasting Corp., says the compa- songs as determined by calls to the Def Jam; Anthony "Anti" Lewis, Outburst; "Big Bass" Brian Walker, Outburst; Fut, Capitol, and K -Tel, have filed a fol-
ny is negotiating with a major retail 800 request line and letters sent to Impact Record Pool; and Paul Stewart, DJ West. In front row, from left, are Don lowup civil lawsuit seeking $1.9 mil-
chain for distribution. That deal is ex- (Continued on page 133) lenner, Columbia; Domino; and Russell Simmons, RAL /Def Jam. lion in statutory damages to recoup a
pected to be completed by the first portion of the lost sales.
quarter of 1994. The action also is designed to force
Planet AAHS Recording Company long- time counterfeiters out of busi-
COO Jim Gilbertson says 250 units of Whitney, Meat Loaf Lead November Certs ness by making them sell off assets
the compilation album, which sells that include the manufacturing plant
for $12 for CD and $10 for cassette, Barney, Cream Among Platinum First Timers and equipment.
were ordered in the first week. - In September 1992, FBI agents, as-
sisted by RIAA reps, raided the large
BY CHRIS MORRIS bands he was featured in-C ream's (MCA), Neil Diamond became No. 2 and sophisticated tape manufactur-
Luke Records Inks 1967 sophomore effort "Disraeli on the list of gold album perform- ing facility Tapecom, Inc. and its con-
LOS ANGELES -November Gears" and Blind Faith's self -titled ers, with 28 to his credit; Diamond nected distribution company, Golden
National Distrib brought an avalanche of fresh mul- 1969 release -both hit platinum. All passes Elton John, who has 26 gold Circle Inc., owned by Gene Torna-
tiplatinum, platinum, and gold certi- three records are now available awards. tore, in Bridgeport, Conn.
fications from the Recording Indus- through PolyGram. Two other notable boxed sets Approximately 104,000 counterfeit
Deal With INDI try Assn. Of America. Smashing Pumpkins' "Siamese climbed to gold in November. Led cassettes, along with master tapes,
The soundtrack album for "The Dream," the Chicago modern rock Zeppelin's 10-CD Atlantic package artwork, negatives, and insert cards
BY ED CHRISTMAN Bodyguard" (Arista), featuring band's first for Virgin, and Manhat- "The Complete Studio Recordings" were confiscated.
Whitney Houston, arrived at the 10 tan Transfer's collection of jazz vo- became the group's 13th gold- certi- Some of the many alleged bogus
-In
NEW YORK a move continu- million sales peak last month. That cal hits on Atlantic became the fied entry with sales of 50,000 units, back catalog titles seized included
ing the trend away from regional total equals the sales of the "Dirty groups' first platinum albums. and the five -CD Capitol collection Earth, Wind and Fire's "Let's
independent distribution, Luke Re- Dancing" soundtrack; only one mov- Rounding out the first- time million - "Good Vibrations: 30 Years Of The Groove," the Electric Light Orches-
cords has signed an exclusive na- ie album, "Saturday Night Fever," sellers was kiddie dinosaur idol Bar- Beach Boys" topped sales of 100,000 tra's "ELO Classics," Creedence
tional distribution agreement with certified for sales of 11 million, now ney, with the SBK /ERG release units to earn the California band its Clearwater Revival's "Rollin' On The
Independent National Distribution exceeds the "Bodyguard" total. "Barney's Favorites Volume I." 18th gold award. River," and the Chipmunks' "Christ-
Inc. Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell II" Elvis Presley notched his 45th Gangsta rapper Spice 1 signed mas With The Chipmunks."
Terms of the deal were not re- (MCA) became the mock -operatic gold album title with the five -CD onto the certification rolls with not Both Tornatore and an employee,
leased, although executives at rock singer's second multiplatinum boxed set "From Nashville To Mem- one but two gold albums, the cur- Edwin Harm, were arrested and
Luke and INDI say the contract set, hitting the 2 million mark. At phis," cited for sales of 100,000 rent "187 He Wrote" and the 1992 charged with criminal copyright in-
runs until January 1996. Accord- the same time, the original 1977 units. Presley, whose gold albums release "Spice 1," both on Jive. fringement and conspiracy to commit
ing to Joe Weinberger, CFO, gen- "Bat" flapped to 8 million in the and EPs total 61, is the top artist in Logging their first gold albums copyright infringement in the crimi-
eral counsel, and head of distribu- sales column. this certification category. were Irish modern rock unit the nal lawsuit.
tion at Luke, the new deal is an ex- November was a glittering month With gold certifications for his re- Cranberries (on Island); Jamaican "The facility was the size of an air-
tension of an existing deal with for Eric Clapton: His 1977 solo al- cent "Up On The Roof /Songs From reggae group Inner Circle (Big craft carrier," says Frank Creighton,
INDI for regional distribution. bum "Slowhand" reached the 3 mil- The Brill Building" (Columbia) and Beat /Atlantic); R &B act Intro (At coordinator of RIAA investigative
Luke already uses INDI in lion mark, while two albums by the 1981 release "Love Songs" (Continued on page 138) operations. "This wasn't just a little
(Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 130)
E X E C U T I V E T U R N T A B L E
RECORD COMPANIES. Ron Urban is ap-
pointed senior VP of Sony Music in
New York. He was senior VP of oper-
ations for RCA.
Larry Jenkins is named VP of me-
dia for Columbia Records in New
York. He was VP of media and artist
relations at Capitol.
Mark Wright is appointed senior
VP and head of A &R for Decca Re- URBAN JENKINS WRIGHT VELASOUEZ TAYLOR CATHAY ELLMAN
cords, the new MCA Records /Nash- Atlantic Records in New York pro- rector of rap music. They were, re- marketing for Mute Records. Beth Krakower is appointed direc-
ville label. He was an independent motes Lisa Velasquez to VP of cross- spectively, director of black music Philicia Gilbert is named manager tor of alternative radio promotion for
producer. over /pop promotion. She was VP of publicity for Columbia and broadcast of press and promotion for London the Mechanic and Futurist labels in
Knox Millar is promoted to senior pop /special projects. Atlantic Jazz in editor /Jams page editor of Hits. Records in New York. She was a pub- New York. She was director of pro-
VP of human resources for EMI Mu- New York names Michelle Taylor Matt Levy is promoted to director licist at Shuman Associates. motion for Pipeline Records.
sic worldwide, based in New York. senior director and Eulis Cathay na- of national secondaries at Elektra Dave Barbis is appointed local pro-
EMI Music comprises EMI Recorded tional director of promotion. They Entertainment in New York. He was motion manager for the PolyGram PIIBLIMM . David Ellman is promot-
Music and EMI Music Publishing. He were, respectively, director of artist marketing coordinator in Boston. Label Group in Los Angeles. He was ed to VP /GM at Chrysalis Music
was director of human resources for development /black music for the Paul Kremen is named director of PLG's local promotion manager for Group in London. He was director of
EMI Records Group U.K. and Eire. RCA -Novus label and president of A &R soundtracks at Hollywood Rec- the Denver market. finance.
Peter Brooks is named VP of re- Equinox Productions Inc. (a title he ords in Los Angeles. He was VP of Bobby Judge (known as Bobby J) Sheri Rubin is promoted to man-
engineering for EMI Records Group retains). Atlantic's black music divi- A &R, West Coast for MCA. is named promotion and media coor- ager of music publishing for Private
North America in New York. He was sion appoints Chrissy Murray senior Adam Kaplan is named product dinator for Next Plateau Records in Music's publishing companies in Los
director of re-engineering with Amer- director of black music media rela- manager for Arista Records in New New York. He was record pool editor Angeles. She was coordinator of mu-
ican Express. tions and Darryl Lindsey national di- York. He was director of sales and for the magazine DMR. sic publishing.
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