From powerful rockers to beautiful ballads, Brian Spence sa. Coming soon on CD!īrian Spence is no stranger to rock'n roll. 3 eludes the Roulette group of labels, publisher Big Seven Music, and the 47 -store YOUSSOU is here! A smash on the Peter Gabriel tour, Youssou N'Dour (Yoo Soo En Door) brings soulful vocals and pulsating African rhythms to his debut on Polydor Records, NELSON MANDELA 831 294 LP or Cassette. "It's a positive step in our business for everyone to realize that (Continued on page 70) Although the revamped structure will give WEA "the highest prices on the street," in the words of one buyer, some retailers are already cheering the abolition of the rack discount. The majority of these "baby act" clips are running in the light- and medium -rotation slots, but MTV says that the number of times a video airs daily in these "starter" rotations will be "significantly increased." Two rotation categories have been dropped from the chart: new (Continued on page 71)ĬBS three years ago, volume discounts have been eliminated, including the functional discount that allowed rackjobbers to buy product at a cheaper price than retail customers. 6 chart to 77 this week-the proportion of new and breaking acts represented on the chart has been kept roughly the same, with about one -third of the playlist still composed of developing artists. In an exclusive interview with Billboard, Levy says he has decided to dismantle his empire -which in-Īlthough the playlist has been reduced significantly in size -from 101 clips on the Dec. Versial and flamboyant players, is quitting the business.
NEW YORK A major change in the MTV playlist is the first manifestation of the channel's promised rededication to breaking new acts in a rock -only format (Billboard, Oct.īY FRED GOODMAN NEW YORK Morris Levy, one of the record industry's most contro. The label's start -up staff will encompass 35 to 45 employees, including promotion, merchandising, and ° Of several seeking to sign Steve Winwood. Has traditionally been strong with British acts, but we plan on going Harris, who will head a &r activities, says the label will release 25-30 albums in 1987, featuring established and new artists from the U.S.Īnd abroad. Large boutique label." The initial roster already boasts Warren Zevon, Culture Club, and Heaven 17. Managing directors Jordan Harris and Jeff Ayeroff say they aim to establish the new company as "a market next month via a new manufacturing and distribution agreement with WEA through Atlantic Records. To Debut As Full-Line Labe/ NEW YORK Vowing that it is "here to compete with the big boys," Virgin Records returns to the U.S. BYīut key changes in the distributor's pricing policy-including a reduction in the price of direct- shipped goods -will soften the blow for some retailers. GEOFF MAYFIELD NEW YORK A new price strutture from WEA effectively raises the wholesale costs of all of the vendor's prerecorded music product. Teldec's technical division, says the label will produce metal masters for its own commercially released CD product during the first quarter of 1987 but will later open its facility to outside clients. Horst Redlich, developer of the new mastering system and head of The DMM equipment for CDs which costs less than a quarter of the price of the current laser-optical mastering systems-was unveiled in November at the 81st Audio Engineering Society show in Los Angeles (Billboard, Nov. NEW YORK Teldec Schallplatten GmbH will have the first direct -metal-mastered (DMM) compact disks in German record stores by mid -January.
Teldec DMM CDs To Hit German Store s In January J anuary BY STEVEN DUPLER THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT WA OPIF "7' dr/ L/VA Il r L1il1 UNIMENIIN Ell
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