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CANADA'S ONLY MUSIC WEEKLY CHNS Halifax Week Ending April 15th. 1967 Volume 1, No. 1 15 CENTS SCRIBNER AGENCY OUT OF BUSINESS Apparently Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians have been instrumental in having the booking licence of Ron Scribner, cancelled. One mem- ber of the board was ecstatic over the cancellation and admitted to this reporter, in front of reliable witnesses, that after two years they finally "nailed Scribner to the wall". The union that boasts an iron fist rule have perhaps exchanged the fist for a claw. The union is perhaps forgetting that it was Ron Scribner, still in high school himself, who started the business of high school gigging and turned it into a lucrative business for himself and many musicians. It was Scribner who was instrumental in perhaps 60% of the young musicians joining the union. Ron Scribner has made employment possible for many of the local musicians and indeed many of the musicians from coast to coast, including American. Cit records promotion music Vol. 2 No.5 Ron Scribner listened to. talked to and booked as many groups as he found time for. It was Ron Scribner who gave that much needed break to many of the groups struggling for recognition. He was founder and president of the now defunct Bigland Agency which is reported to have grossed over $100,000.00 in its first year of operation. Already this year, without any affiliations, The Ron Scribner Agency has created over $250,000.00 worth of work for musi- cians, and this in a short period of only four months. CANADA'S ONLY MUSIC INDUSTRY WEEKLY PRINTED IN CANADA Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Week of Sept. 28,1964 Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. The Music Industry has many people playing many parts to develop and promote more artists. Fulfilling one of the most important aspects of this is the booking agency that sees that the artist is kept employed. One of the largest and most respected agencies catering to the teen appeal artists is the Scribner Agency lo- cated in Willowdale, a suburb of Toronto. Twenty-two year old goateed Ron Scribner has had five years of experience in the "hop" booking business and supplies acts to the many teen dance promoters in On- tario as well as across Canada. His agency organizes entire shows and arranges one night stands throughout Ontario. Some Forty Acts avail themselves of the services of the Scribner Agency, and Scribner has taken many of his artists from obscurity and developed them into stars. 'Among these are Robbie Lane, The Counts, Bobby Raye, The Shays, and many others. Established acts like Ronnie Hawkins, Pat Hervey, Little Caesar and the Consuls, Shirley Matthews, Ritchie Knight, David Clayton Thomas and Sandy Selsie are booked by Scribner. Beyond their normal function, the RON SCRIBNER of the Scribner agency seen with some of his clients at a recent "hop". agency is very record conscious. When- ever possible they will assist an up-and- coming act in arranging a recording ses- sion, and follow through to promote the record after it's made. The entire success of "If" by Little Caesar and the Consuls can be attributed to Scribner's imagination and hard work. Overnight this group be- came the most sought after in Canada. CHART ACTION ; ACROSS CANADA COME HOME LITTLE GIRL Bobby Curtola JOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille Starr UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black FANNIE MAE Robbie Lane CKCK Regina 13 COME HOME LITTLE GIRL 24 UNLESS YOU CARE 30 YOURS CKPT Peterboro 11 FANNIE MAE 16 * JOLIE JACQUELINE 24 UNLESS YOU CARE 26 GOT MY MOJO WORKING CKSO Sudbury 4 * JOLIE JACQUELINE 24 UNLESS YOU CARE 29 MANY MOONS GO CJME Regina 49 UNLESS YOU CARE CHOW Welland 10 *JOLIE JACQUELINE 12 MANY MOONS AGO 31 CAN'T WE GO SOMEWHERE 44 *BITTY BABY 13 *COME HOME LITTLE GIRL 58 FEEL SO PRETTY CMN Ottawa 3 YOURS 28 I WILL CKWS Kingston 33 * COME HOME LITTLE GIRL 48 BOOM BOOM 58 UNLESS YOU CARE Bobby Curtola Terry Black Lucille Starr Robbie Lane Lucille Starr Terry Black Ronnie Hawkins Lucille Starr Terry Black Bobby Curtola Terry Black Lucille Starr Bobby Curtola Terry Black Howard Sisters Bobby Curtola Shirley Matthews Lucille Starr Hughie Scott Bobby Curtola David C. Thomas Terry Black Tartan Arc Barry Hawk Barry Arc Hawk Barry Arc Tartan Arc Barry Tartan Arc Spartan Tartan Tamarac Barry Tamarac Tartan Atca Arc Got A Dance And . phone says. The requirements are layed out and the agency takes over to supply music, feature acts and an emcee to make the dance a success. Often the agency gets strange requests like a recent call for a dancer for a stag. The agency politely explained that they didn't repre- sent any dancers. Often the calls are for a one night stand for the Beatles or the Dave Clark Five or Presley, but the agency has never booked acts quite as big as these. They have however packaged and booked Roy Orbison, The Orions, The ouptemes, Bobby Goldsboro, and have built Canadian acts around these people and sent the show across Ontario. This is one of the largest agencies of its kind in Canada, and employs four full time staffers. The staff are all familiar with the music business and the compli- cated union regulations that must be followed. LITTLE CEASAR & THE CONSULS. Scribner was behind their hit "If" for Columbia. Duff Roman of CKEY intros the group at the CNE in Toronto. It all started when the record hops began to look for stars and live music and as a result the small bands who wanted to play the larger halls started to look for a booking agent. Scribner started the agency and immediately put all the bands into the union. Recently Scribner was given the job of PR for the coming Dave Clark Five Show at Maple Leaf Gardens which will feature a lot of Canadian talent. Ron feels the future looks very promi- sing and "someday we'll recreate the great success of the British with their groups and artists. This is like the great desire of all of us, and will be a dream comet true". As the music industry grows, the Scribner Agency will grow. Someday we will all be able to look back at the strug- gle waged and remember the pioneer of the music business in Canada. Two members of the board hold booking licences and are acti- vely engaged 'in the same type book - as Scribner. Perhaps the union should compare the accomplishments of Scribner against his failings. In a business dealing with as many people as does Scribner, clerical errors should be common. Those who have dealt with Scribner have found him to be the most honest and hard working agent they have come in contact with and one who devotes all his time to building his own business as well as the industry. This accounts for his success in the business. Instead of cancelling Scribner's licence, the American Federation of Musicians should consider giving him a citation and making him a lifetime member of the union. On the other hand, cancelling the licence of Scribner could be the start of a whole new era for musicians in Canada. Many of the card carrying members of Local 149 are apparently fed up and would welcome the op - of following someon as Ror more musicians, union and o erwise, could be recruited to form an organi- zation of working musicians. Perhaps then we would see an end to the clique of the CBC and CNE and many other sad elements that are holding back our industry. * ** * * * * WHERE THE STARS ARE Apr 9 Andy Williams - Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Apr 10 - 16 Diane Leigh/Gary Buck -Country Palace - Montreal Apr 12 White Heather Show - Regina Apr 13 White Heather Show - New Westminster Apr 14 - 15 White Heather Show - Vancouver Apr 17 White Heather Show - Medicine Hat Apr 17 - 29 Sandler & Young - Royal York Hotel Toronto Apr 18 White Heather Show - Lethbridge Apr 18 - 20 Red Army Chorus Arena Winnipeg Apr 19 White Heather Show - Edmonton Apr 20 It's Happening - CTV - Toronto (Staccatos -Franklin Shepard -Rhonda Silva) Apr 21 - 22 Red Army Chorus - Arena - Calgary Apr 22 White Heather Show Calgary Apr 24 through 28 - 30 Red Army Chorus - Queen Elisabeth - Vancouver Apr 24 White Heather Show - Penticton Apr 25 White Heather Show - Kelowna Apr 26 White Heather Show - Vernon Apr 27 White Heather Show - Salmon Arm Apr 28 White Heather Show - Kamloops Apr 29 White Heather Show - Trail Apr 29 Red Army Chorus - Arena - Victoria

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Page 1: OUT OF BUSINESS · fast movers. Johnny Harlow has a single beginning to show action. It's called "Silver Sea". Odie Workman's "Take This Heart Of Mine" is still grabbing country action

CANADA'S ONLY MUSIC WEEKLY

CHNS Halifax

Week Ending April 15th. 1967 Volume 1, No. 1 15 CENTS

SCRIBNER AGENCY

OUT OF BUSINESSApparently Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians have been

instrumental in having the booking licence of Ron Scribner, cancelled. One mem-ber of the board was ecstatic over the cancellation and admitted to this reporter,in front of reliable witnesses, that after two years they finally "nailed Scribner tothe wall". The union that boasts an iron fist rule have perhaps exchanged thefist for a claw.

The union is perhaps forgetting that it was Ron Scribner, still in highschool himself, who started the business of high school gigging and turned it intoa lucrative business for himself and many musicians. It was Scribner who wasinstrumental in perhaps 60% of the young musicians joining the union. Ron Scribnerhas made employment possible for many of the local musicians and indeed manyof the musicians from coast to coast, including American.

Cit

records promotion music

Vol. 2 No.5

Ron Scribner listened to.talked to and booked as many groupsas he found time for. It was RonScribner who gave that much neededbreak to many of the groups strugglingfor recognition. He was founder andpresident of the now defunct BiglandAgency which is reported to havegrossed over $100,000.00 in its firstyear of operation. Already this year,without any affiliations, The RonScribner Agency has created over$250,000.00 worth of work for musi-cians, and this in a short period ofonly four months.

CANADA'S ONLY MUSIC

INDUSTRY WEEKLY

PRINTED IN CANADAAuthorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Week of Sept. 28,1964Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.

The Music Industry has many peopleplaying many parts to develop and promotemore artists. Fulfilling one of the mostimportant aspects of this is the bookingagency that sees that the artist is keptemployed. One of the largest and mostrespected agencies catering to the teenappeal artists is the Scribner Agency lo-cated in Willowdale, a suburb of Toronto.Twenty-two year old goateed Ron Scribnerhas had five years of experience in the"hop" booking business and supplies actsto the many teen dance promoters in On-tario as well as across Canada. His agencyorganizes entire shows and arranges onenight stands throughout Ontario.

Some Forty Acts avail themselves ofthe services of the Scribner Agency, andScribner has taken many of his artists fromobscurity and developed them into stars.

'Among these are Robbie Lane, The Counts,Bobby Raye, The Shays, and many others.Established acts like Ronnie Hawkins, PatHervey, Little Caesar and the Consuls,Shirley Matthews, Ritchie Knight, DavidClayton Thomas and Sandy Selsie arebooked by Scribner.

Beyond their normal function, the

RON SCRIBNER of the Scribner agencyseen with some of his clients at a recent"hop".agency is very record conscious. When-ever possible they will assist an up-and-coming act in arranging a recording ses-sion, and follow through to promote therecord after it's made. The entire successof "If" by Little Caesar and the Consulscan be attributed to Scribner's imaginationand hard work. Overnight this group be-came the most sought after in Canada.

CHART ACTION ;

ACROSS CANADA

COME HOME LITTLE GIRL Bobby CurtolaJOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille StarrUNLESS YOU CARE Terry BlackFANNIE MAE Robbie Lane

CKCK Regina 13 COME HOME LITTLE GIRL24 UNLESS YOU CARE30 YOURS

CKPT Peterboro 11 FANNIE MAE16 * JOLIE JACQUELINE24 UNLESS YOU CARE26 GOT MY MOJO WORKING

CKSO Sudbury 4 * JOLIE JACQUELINE24 UNLESS YOU CARE29 MANY MOONS GO

CJME Regina 49 UNLESS YOU CARECHOW Welland 10 *JOLIE JACQUELINE

12 MANY MOONS AGO31 CAN'T WE GO SOMEWHERE44 *BITTY BABY13 *COME HOME LITTLE GIRL58 FEEL SO PRETTY

CMN Ottawa 3 YOURS28 I WILL

CKWS Kingston 33 * COME HOME LITTLE GIRL48 BOOM BOOM58 UNLESS YOU CARE

Bobby CurtolaTerry BlackLucille StarrRobbie LaneLucille StarrTerry BlackRonnie HawkinsLucille StarrTerry BlackBobby CurtolaTerry BlackLucille StarrBobby CurtolaTerry BlackHoward SistersBobby CurtolaShirley MatthewsLucille StarrHughie ScottBobby CurtolaDavid C. ThomasTerry Black

TartanArcBarryHawkBarryArcHawkBarryArcTartanArcBarryTartanArcSpartanTartanTamaracBarryTamaracTartanAtcaArc

Got A Dance And .phone says. The requirements

are layed out and the agency takes over tosupply music, feature acts and an emceeto make the dance a success. Often theagency gets strange requests like a recentcall for a dancer for a stag. The agencypolitely explained that they didn't repre-sent any dancers. Often the calls are for aone night stand for the Beatles or the DaveClark Five or Presley, but the agency hasnever booked acts quite as big as these.They have however packaged and bookedRoy Orbison, The Orions, The ouptemes,Bobby Goldsboro, and have built Canadianacts around these people and sent theshow across Ontario.

This is one of the largest agencies ofits kind in Canada, and employs four fulltime staffers. The staff are all familiarwith the music business and the compli-cated union regulations that must befollowed.

LITTLE CEASAR & THE CONSULS.Scribner was behind their hit "If" forColumbia. Duff Roman of CKEY intros thegroup at the CNE in Toronto.

It all started when the record hopsbegan to look for stars and live music andas a result the small bands who wanted toplay the larger halls started to look for abooking agent. Scribner started the agencyand immediately put all the bands into theunion.

Recently Scribner was given the jobof PR for the coming Dave Clark FiveShow at Maple Leaf Gardens which willfeature a lot of Canadian talent.

Ron feels the future looks very promi-sing and "someday we'll recreate the greatsuccess of the British with their groupsand artists. This is like the great desireof all of us, and will be a dream comettrue".

As the music industry grows, theScribner Agency will grow. Someday wewill all be able to look back at the strug-gle waged and remember the pioneer of themusic business in Canada.

Two members of the boardhold booking licences and are acti-vely engaged 'in the same type book -as Scribner.

Perhaps the union shouldcompare the accomplishments ofScribner against his failings. In abusiness dealing with as many peopleas does Scribner, clerical errorsshould be common. Those who havedealt with Scribner have found him tobe the most honest and hard workingagent they have come in contact withand one who devotes all his time tobuilding his own business as well asthe industry. This accounts for hissuccess in the business. Instead ofcancelling Scribner's licence, theAmerican Federation of Musiciansshould consider giving him a citationand making him a lifetime member ofthe union.

On the other hand, cancellingthe licence of Scribner could be thestart of a whole new era for musiciansin Canada. Many of the card carryingmembers of Local 149 are apparentlyfed up and would welcome the op -

of following someonas Ror

more musicians, union and o erwise,could be recruited to form an organi-zation of working musicians. Perhapsthen we would see an end to theclique of the CBC and CNE and manyother sad elements that are holdingback our industry.

*** * * **WHERE THE STARS ARE

Apr 9

Andy Williams - Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto

Apr 10 - 16Diane Leigh/Gary Buck -Country Palace - MontrealApr 12White Heather Show - ReginaApr 13White Heather Show - New WestminsterApr 14 - 15White Heather Show - VancouverApr 17

White Heather Show - Medicine HatApr 17 - 29

Sandler & Young - Royal York Hotel Toronto

Apr 18White Heather Show - LethbridgeApr 18 - 20Red Army Chorus Arena WinnipegApr 19White Heather Show - EdmontonApr 20It's Happening - CTV - Toronto(Staccatos -Franklin Shepard -Rhonda Silva)Apr 21 - 22Red Army Chorus - Arena - CalgaryApr 22White Heather Show CalgaryApr 24 through 28 - 30Red Army Chorus - Queen Elisabeth - VancouverApr 24White Heather Show - PentictonApr 25White Heather Show - KelownaApr 26White Heather Show - VernonApr 27White Heather Show - Salmon ArmApr 28White Heather Show - KamloopsApr 29White Heather Show - TrailApr 29Red Army Chorus - Arena - Victoria

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Many record dealers acrossthe country will remember the friendlyRCA Victor salesman, Bill Patterson.

Bill Patterson

Well, Bill is now product manager athead office in Montreal where he tookover from Stan Kulin who moved onto RCA Victor's international divisionin New York. Look who left radio forthe record business. Ed Preston, thebest musical director in the business.Ed was in charge of picking the musicat CHML for the past 16 years andhas taken over as the new Ontariosales promotion rep for RCA Victor.

Out in Regina, Carol Robbinsreports brisk sales for "WesternUnion", "59th St. Bridge" and "Dar-ling Be Home Soon". Other favouritesof National Music customers are"Seventh Saint" by locals Mel Westand The Meteors, "On A Carousel","Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Walkin'In The Rain". Top selling LP is"Deliver" by The Mamas & Papas.

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of best sellers. The Group's "Lovin"is still chalking up sales. Tommy

Roe's "Sing Along" and "SomethingInside Me" by Ray Charles are alsofast movers. Johnny Harlow has asingle beginning to show action. It'scalled "Silver Sea". Odie Workman's"Take This Heart Of Mine" is stillgrabbing country action.

Dan Bartollini, manager ofRendezvous, in Toronto, lists "UpsAnd Downs" as a big one for Revere.Nancy and Frank's "Stupid" and theBizarre's "Bridge" are pacing oneanother. The Pauper's have pushedpast all new entries and it looks like"Simple Deed" will hit the top. APassing Fancy are also moving withthe winners with their "I'm LosingTonight". The Rendezvous peopleare getting set for a move to largerquarters.

Mike Lais reports from Re-cord World, in Toronto, that the re-cent Jr. Walker shows in London,Hamilton and Toronto were tremendoussuccesses. The Power, a local band,is reported to have almost stolen theshow from Jr. Walker. They were sodynamic that Tamla Motown are in-terested in waxing them. Top sellersat The World are "Sweet Soul Music","Bernadette", "Pucker -up Butter-cup", "I'm A Man' and "Jimmy Mack".The Paupers are also coming in forgood sales as well

Paul Misener, of Misener'sRecord Bar in Alliston, would liketo have a record dealers convention.He would like to exchange ideas andsystems of keeping track of stock.Half his time is taken up with order-ing, putting stock out and then check-ing his inventory. Any other dealersinterested in forming an organizationwhere ou could compar

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As part of Canada's nationwide Cen-tennial celebrations, Neptune Theat rewill begin its first national tour witha showing of O'Casey's "Juno AndPaycock", in Sudbury on April 10.Alternating with this production willbe the Canadian comedy "The Sleep-ing Bag". The Ontario tour whichwas made possible by grants fromthe Federal and Ontario governments,will visit Lindsay, Guelph, FortWilliam, North Bay, London, Simcoe,and Brockville. Other dates are pend-in g.

Neptune players in the tour-ing company include Maureen Fitz-gerald, Roland Hewgill, David Renton,Joan Gregson, Ron Hastings, YvonneAdalian, Deborah Allen, MalcolmArmstrong, Trixie Lederer, Jack

STONE'S JONES SCORESNEW FILMBrian Jones, the blond rhythm guit-artist with the Rolling Stones, hasjust completed writing and producingthe background score for "A DegreeOf Murder" which was filmed inMunich, Germany by Houwer Pro-ductions. The film was selected forshowing at the Cannes Film Festi-val, April 27 through May 12.

Medley, Donald Meyers, and LionelSimmons.

Dr. Arthur L. Murphy, ofHalifax, author of "The SleepingBag" is an associate professor ofsurgery with the Dalhousie Univer-sity and a member of the staffs oftwo large Halifax hospitals. He iswell known for his radio and tele-vision plays which include numer-ous Ben Casey scripts.

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currently ac-quiring recognition across the nationwith her Yorkville release "Don'tMake Promises" and "Twelfth OfNever" has the beauty and poise tobecome an accepted recording artist.

Her talents as a singer can perhapsbe greatly improved by the use oftop notch material, musicians, ahighly professional arranger and aproducer with an understanding of themusic of today. It's not your talentsas a singer that makes a hit recording,after all, a singer of the MOT isn'trequired to sing an aria. It's the talentthat surrounds a singer. A good casein point is Nancy Sinatra who madea great impact because of the geniusof Lee Hazelwood.

Susan's first attempt in therecording business is a giant steptoward making the entertainment fieldher career. Her backers are influentialand are intent on using every meansavailable in making Susan Taylor ahousehold word from coast to coast.Reports have it that the tracks forSusan's first recording were done inan internationally famous recordingcentre at a cost exceeding $2500.Susan's voice was apparently dubbedonto the tracks at Toronto's BayStudios.

Eighteen year old SusanTaylor is presently working as musiclibrarian at CKFH, in Toronto. She isalso spending her weekends makingpersonal appearances in and aroundToronto. It is rumoured that she isbeing considered as hostess of the"After Four" television show.

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Steve Glenn, of CHOK, has abit of a beef so instead of letting itgo into "We Get Letters" I askedCousin Ed: if I could reprint it in mycolumn."Why do record sleeve bio writers insist oncomparing Canadian talent with the bigger tal-ents south of the border? NO ONE exceptMarty Robbins sounds like Marty Robbins. Noone else could, so why shove this ridiculouscomparison at us? It really burns me. Theartist sounds like himself and NO ONE else.If he does sound like someone else then theyshould quit the business because they'll nevermake it big. Let's have Canadians sound likeCanadians and not like an established star. I

have seen this example done repeatedly andpersonally I'm getting tired of it. Also, I wasin Toronto a few weeks ago and there big aslife was a top notch Canadian country bandentertaining on stage and the phoniest south-ern accent coming from the bandstand. Youdon't need an accent to get along. I have morebeefs like this but I would like to read whatthe other Canadian Country DJ's have to sayon this subject. No doubt they too have runacross this problem and I do mean problem.Let's hear from you guys. I think it's abouttime we made Penelope's column a bit largerthan it is."

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Last week I promised you astory about Smilin' Johnnie. SeemsJohn M. Lucky, a country entertainerfrom Saskatoon, isn't smiling muchanymore. His group had been pickedto appear on the Don Messer Jubileetelevision show. So off they went toHalifax, and that's a heck of a longway from Saskatoon. When they arrivedin Halifax, they were told they hadbeen scratched from the show becausethey weren't members of the AmericanFederation of Musicians. Well youcan imagine what went on in Halifax.the CBC paid the airfare and ex-penses, but because there is a cliqueof musicians in the CBC and becau:.cthis clique is run by a nest of for-eigners from Park Avenue in NewYork, it was decided that a Canadianfrom Saskatchewan couldn't appearon a Canadian Centennial show whichwas to pay tribute to the province ofSaskatchewan. Says Johnny "I'venever found sufficient reason to jointhe union. If it were a Canadian unionI might have considered it, but anAmerican union, why?"

Jack Jacobs sends news fromCKSL, London that Gord Lightfoot's"Go Go Round" which he considersfolk -country, is No. 1 on the survey."Ten Foot Pole" by Johhny Ellismoves into No. 10 spot, "I Did It"by The Whippoorwills makes it toNo. 20 and Jimmy Ordge's "IrenaCheyenne now moves into the TopForty.

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9 5 TAKE THIS HEART OF MINEOdie Workman - Spartan

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So Spencer Davis isn't the leadsinger of the group. So StevieWinwood has cut out of the group.So this is one of the hottest al-bums on the market today. So what!I'll tell you what. When I firstheard this album I got so excitedI wanted to go out and buy it. Ofcourse I didn't have to, cuz I al-ready had it. If a group's got it inthe grooves, who cares who's thelead singer, and have the SpencerDavis got it in the grooves. Thisalbum just keeps your ear busythe whole 12 cuts. Yep there's 12.Guess what the title of one of thecuts is? "Goodbye Steve". Nowwho but an English group wouldthink of a thing like that. Any-way if you like fish and chips,you'll dig this for the halibut.STONE - SX 705

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Can you go wrong with Herman'sHermits? Not a chance. Not whenthey keep having hit singles andputting the singles on albumswhich make the albums hit items,as well. Anyway, this has to bethe best offering of the talentedlittle guy and his group yet. Lookwhat you get. "East-West" and"Dandy" and you know how bigthey got. Then there's "No MilkToday" and "There's A Kind OfHush AllOver The World". They'dbe crackers if they didn't includethat last one. IT'S THE NAMEOF THE ALBUM. And just wait`til you hear their two new ones,"Gaslight Street" and "Rattler".With all these goodies, you almostdon't notice that there are onlyeleven cuts. Oh well.MGM - 4438

Like always, the Byrds are flying.From when they take off withtheir current hit "So You Want ToBe A Rock 'N' Roll Star" rightthrough 11 cuts 'til they roostwith "Why", the complete per-formance is great. They showtheir versatility on this album,as well. You even get a little ofthe Nashville slappin' sound with"Time To Be", and that "Ren-aissance Fair" is just too much.One cut that really stands out is"Everybody's Been Burned".The Byrds have really set them-selves up with a chart item.They've got themselves a wailer,a psychedelic bit and a move in-to the far east sound which kindarepresents what's going today.

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WELL I go away for ONLand the whole industry starts

to fall apart.///The news that a BIGToronto bookin agent has been"FLICKED" out of business (justthat easily) by the union has dis-turbed everyone in the industry. Cer-tainly there will be tens of thousandsof dollars of work that will not beseen by musicians because of thisOUTRAGE, but the board ELECTEDby the members, is in charge of suchthings, and they obviously felt thatthey were acting on the behalf oftheir members. You see, this is ademocracy, and since musicians arelucky enough to have such STALWARTrepresentation, they are ready tolive with this possibly beginningof the curtailment of WORK for musi-cians, because, we are led to under-stand this is only the BEGINNING!Soupline anyone?????

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Two weird -name bands em-erged on the West Coast scene. One,The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, con -sisting of four bizarre looking, beard-ed guys and a beautiful young girl,

-who sings the lead in a low, sexy

Their record, "It's lloppcningThing", is climbing up the chartsrapidly. The other, The Nitty GrittyDirt Band is composed of six accentriclooking individuals who play primitiveinstruments, including a washboard,megaphone, and wash basin bass, aswell as harmonicas and guitars.They've just released their single"Buy For Me The Rain", on LibertyRecords. It has a real groovy sound.

The Turtles have just returnedfrom a national tour and are appearingat the famous Hullabaloo Club onSunset Blvd., for the first time in ayear///The Music Machine (of "Talk,Talk" fame) certainly give you yourmoney's worth. Once they are "turnedon" they don't pause between selec-tions but switch from song to songwithout any breaks///The CarouselTheatre threw a special Easter holi-day show featuring Sim on & GarfunkelChad & Jeremy, The Buckinghams,Buffalo Springfield and The Hearts& Flowers///lan & Slyvia appearedat Lindy's Opera House last week///I picked up a copy of The Staccatos'Tower release, "Half Past Midnight"The U.S. trades and I are partial tothe flip "The Weather Man". I amconstantly checking the record shopsfor "His Girl" by the Guess Who, onAmy Records, that was just releasedin the U.S., but to no avail.N ew Records To Watch: "My BackPages", a Bob Dylan song, by theByrds, and "Something Stupid by theSinatra team, Nancy and Frank.Peculiar Item: "California Nights"by Lesley Gore seems to have madeit everywhere except California.

A new movie "You're A BigBoy Now", starring Peter Kastner,premiered in L.A. last week. Thesongs in this film, including the hit"Darlin' Be Home Soon", were writtenand performedby the Lov in' Spoonful/8A new fad is to have bumper stickersof your favourite group on your car.A favourite is "The Peanut ButterConspiracy Is Spreading".(Ed: Next week we'll let you have alook at our new correspondent fromCallfronia)Page 6 RPM Music Weekly

sound era is the Stitch In Tyme. Thisvery talented group (and all wonder-ful fellas) not only came up with anexcellent recording recently, buthave been bringing them in to bighouses everywhere. It's nice to beIN THE CHIPS and they are greatguys. WC advises me that Yorky hasleft the group and the reason, accord-ing to WC wasn't about the percentagetaken by management.///There is arumour that all new booking agenciesmay have to post a $500 bond beforethey will be granted a licence. It ismy suggestion that every group posta $500 bond to assure that bookersreceive their commissions ON TIME....IF AT ALL.///CANADIANIZE THEMUSIC INDUSTRY. Yes. In 1967, wemust start to think about MORE Cana-dian publishers and MORE Canadianrecord companies, and more CANA-DIAN CONTROL of the Canadianmusic industry. It is a year for Cana-da to progress and a year for Cana-dians to ask the question....WHOREALLY decided that the RCMPcouldn't cut a record session? WASTHE DECISION MADE IN CANADA??Was one of the selections theyINTENDED to record... "O Canada"?

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it deserves a mention in my column. I'm talkingabout the NEW Electric Prunes record "GetMe To The World On Time". This deck is arunaway smash. Meanwhile, the new Supremes'release of "The Happening" didn't make abound up the charts like all their previoushits did, but IS making up for lost time. Itlooks like it's on its way now.

Do you remember my mention of anartist named Engelbert Humperdinck? Stationsshould be starting to play the record just aboutnow. It's called "Release Me (And Let MeLove Again" and will be a chartclimber. Nowhere is my advanced buyers guide:Somebody To Love -Jefferson AirplaneI Was Kaizer Bill's Batman -Whistling Jack SmithMelancholy Music Man -Righteous BrosBuy For Me The Rain-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

'My Back Pages -The ByrdsFor the R&B shoppers:Sweet Soul Music -Arthur ConleyHip -Hug -Her -Booker T and The MGsI Found A Love -Wilson PickettWhy (Am I Treated So Bad) -Cannonball Adder leyMy "Long Playing Choice" this week is:There's A Kind Of A Hush -Herman's Hermits

Head for the record store with my list.I

AM NEVER WRONG, you can place yourconfidence in your pal Bebe Gee.

Before I name the Predict -A -Hit winnersfor this week, you will be glad to know thatPredict -A -Hit will soon be a weekly feature ofof this music weekly. Now here are the winners:

Ken Hay - Regina, Sask.Norman Stein - Halifax, Nova ScotiaSharon De Plancke - Alliston, Ont.Gary Parlee - Saint John, New BrunswickJune Larson - St. James, ManitobaDave Winton - Toronto, Ont.Stan Bazos - Downsview, Ont.Jack Every - Willowdale, Ont.June Marne -Vancouver, British ColumbiaEsther Selby - Edmonton, Alberta

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If -you think this column is beingwritten to impress you IT IS.We want you to know about thefamous NIGHT OWL in Toronto,and maybe on your trip to Expo,you'll stop off in Toronto to visitthe OTHER Canadian exhibitionplace where the stars are.

Since the NIGHT OWLcame into existence, the lineupof top Canadian names that haveappeared on our stage looks likethe Who's Who. Here are a few ofthe names that have appeared atthe NIGHT OWL:The StaccatosThe MandalaThe JaybeesThe Ugly DucklingsDavid Clayton ThomasThe Stitch In TymeThe PaupersThe Dickens (formerly The Knack)The ManxThe EvilJimmy DyboldThe Magic CircusThe FifthThe Magic Cycleand many many others. As well,many members of Canada's topgroups have come to watch theshow at the NIGHT OWL, as wellas visiting celebrities like theMcCoys, Herman's Hermits andCanada Bill.

Your next trip to Yorkvilleisn't complete if you don't catchthe SHOW at the famous NIGHTOWL.

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Well, The Dickens are back,and their no different. They're stillgreat. They cut several sides in NewYork and should have a record re-lease soon. While back in Torontothey'll be busy making a movie andpart of it is to be used on CBC-TV.Keep an ear out for their first recordrelease. They've got one of the mostloveable sounds around.

The Paupers are off and cap-turing the Americans left and right.Their former manager and the onewho was most instrumental in gettingthem to the top, Bernie Finklestein,has turned management over to AlGrossman, well known man aboutmanagement firms, ala top stars.This was apparently a very friendlynegotiation and Bernie came out of itsmelling like a rose, which was theonly way the group would have it.In a business like this, when youget into the 'New York scene it's anecessity to have a professionalmanagement firm looking after youraffairs. More than one good group hasgone down the drain because of poormanagement. Anyway, Bernie cannow turn his attention to the wealthof great talent, here in Canada,that's just waiting for a man of hiscalibre.

From the number of tickets.radio stations were giving away forThe Monkees show it would almostindicate that it was the greatestpaper house in the history of theGardens. I wonder how many ticketsreally went on sale to the public.

Guess who have a record onthe way? No, The Guess Who have arecord on the market now. Little

Caesar and The Consuls, that's who."My Love For You" will be releasedon the Columbia label. Shows youhow versatile these guys are whenthey can appear on the same showas the National Ballet, and their toesdon't even hurt. Through the summeryou can catch them every Saturdayat Greenhurst Pavilion, Thurstonia

Park at Dunsford, Ont. They'll be atBelleville's Tiki Club the eveningof Apr 14 and afternoon of Apr 15.They'll make the Brockville TikiClub scene the evening of Apr 15and afternoon of Apr 16.

That was a big night at theColiseum in Ottawa, last week. Theyhad The Staccatos, Townsmen, TheScoundrelz, Beaux Geste and TheeDeuces. Over 3500 fans jammed theplace to capacity.

Over in Hamilton, at theArmouries, it was another 3500 whopacked in to see "the rock show ofthe yeomen".

Did you know there was ashortage of rock groups in Toronto?

There's a group called The

Plague who have a good soundingsingle on the Reo label. It's called"Love And Obey" which has beenmaking quite a bit of noise in theirhometown. They've played severalspots around Toronto and have beengathering quite a following. Theirrecord was produced by Gary Paxton,of Hollywood. While the group was inHollywood they played the famousteen club Pandora's Box. Don Brownplays lead guitar; Tom Horricks, sax;Joey Stapansky, organ; Lyn McEach-em, drums and George Stevenson,bass guitar. They all sing.

The Purple Peanut openedits doors to an enthusiastic Kitchenerand area audience recently. Kickingoff the proceedings wereitti`ebtn-mancheros who were followed thenext evening by The Staccatos andShan -de -leers. This is a membershipdeal and there'll be entertainmentFriday and Saturday evenings and onSunday afternoon. Two bands are tobe featured on Saturdays.

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