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KCNews from D.R. LaRochelle, radio personalityat CKLN Nelson, has it that The LiverpoolFive played the Notre Dame University Dec 9,and that The Headstones, from Vancouver, madethe Nelson scene on Dec. 3. D.R. is pretty con-fident that we'll be hearing a lot from a newgroup known as The Eleventh Commandment.Three members from the old Banff Playboysmoved into Nelson and formed this new impactgroup which will be touring the interior ofBritish Columbia.

The Ugly Ducklings dropped into theCJRL studios in Kenora on their way back fromthe west and were interviewed by Rick Hamilton.They've just released their first Yorktown LP.

Here's your chance to move to a swing-ing giant. CJSP Leamington is looking for ra-dio personalities and newsmen to fill theirnightime operations. Send tapes and resume toLou Tomasi, CJSP Radio, Box 70, Leamington.

Garry Darling will be broadcasting livefrom 4to 6 PM each Wednesday from Brockvillesfamous Tiki Club. First show commences Jan 4.The club has been having a run of great Can-adian talent. Garry notes that he was pleasedto see that The Staccatos are still keeping upwith their image of putting on an outstandingshow. The "Let's Run Away" group played theBrockville area for three days and have an openinvitation to return. Another group that's realpopular are The British Modbeats from St.

Catherines, Writes Garry "They had the patronsof the Tiki Club spellbound with their very poli-

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The Bathurst folks were without theirusual morning habit, CKBC, because of a fireat their transmitter site. At 9 AM, Nov. 30, thealarm rang in master control which indicatedthat the station was off the air. The remotecontrol system couldn't rectify matters so engin-eer Paquet hustled over to the transmitter siteand found the coupling house and main tower in

flames. Firemen put the blaze out in minutes

but the equipment suffered extensive damagewhich cut the operating power of CKBC in half.They were back on the air within an hour butwon't be back to full power for a couple ofweeks. Denis Menard flipped the Nancy Sinatrasingle "Sugar Town" and found great reactionto "Summer Wind" which is sung by Nancy's

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Pete Borbely of CHOW Welland has in-corporated an hour featurette in his show knownas "The Nosey Hour". Listeners give him acall and jaw a little (he has a time limit oneach call). Pete finds this gives him a chanceto know the wants of his listeners and besidesthat they enjoy being on the air, which adds tothe drawing power of the station. "GrizzlyBear" by The Youngbloods has been gettinggreat phone reaction at CHOW as has "TalkTalk" by The Music Machine.

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A NOTE FROM ED: says, "Tis theseasonto be JOLLY, so cool your column this week,and join in with the rest of us in the Xmasspirit". My only comment is WHO'S GOT THEICE???? Well since it is that time of year,don't read on, because my column will NOTcontain the usual explosive EXPOSE itemsthat I have become famous for!!!!

SCENE AROUND TOWN DEPT: BillGilliland, and Fred White of Yorktown Recordshitting the hit spots in the Village with CHUMlibrarian Sheila Connor. My spies were there,and when this group walked into the Night Owlfor the Staccato performance.....a hush fell overthe house. Ellie says,Hmmmmmnnn!(mainly be-cause that's about all I'd be able to get throughwith!!!)

SPEAKING OF THE STACCATOS....Iwasn't there, but Penelope was, and Penny re-ports a full house and plus plaudits for thisvery talented group. This reporter was toldthat this was one of the BEST groups to everplay Toronto. Toronto groups take note!!!

I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY....and as I

see all these Xmas presents being given toeveryone (which REALLY is a form of payola),I would like to make it clear that I feel that Iam entitled to the cheeseboards, the cheese,the countless tumblers, the ashtrays and thebooze (including the magnets of Champagne)and don't ever ask me for a favour. After allit's not like I'm asking for a payoff or a pieceof your record, and I don't have a company that

produces records, and I don't have a manage-

ment firm, but I feel that like the disc jockeys..my hand should be out.

A RECORD MAN TOLD one of myspies recently that he didn't know why littleletters were appearing behind the record num-bers on orders from dealers. Possibly thisgentleman should get a subscription to RPM,

and find out where the industry is AT!!!!IS IT TRUE THAT one of the most

important people in the industry has a grouparound him that have been instructed to keep

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certain people at least four feet away from him.His friends feel that it will avert a lot of trouble.Among his friends he has the nickname "OnePunch".

EXPOSE!!! Who was last years "ManOf The Year" in the RPM Awards, and why wasthis information SUPPRESSED.... from the

readers. I will NOW TELL. By a landslide vote,RPM's editor won hands down in this categoryand to the embarrassment of all of us on thestaff of RPM. No one had thought of warningthe trade that the editor COULDN'T POSSIBLYbe eligible in his own poll. Quickly a new cate-gory was substituted for this one, and "ManOf The Year" was dropped. NOW...I feel that I

should make it emphatically clear, that theEDITORIAL STAFF of RPM is not eligible, soDON'T....DON'T vote for Walt, Penny or myselfin ANY of the categories. BUT.... Please vote.You'll be getting your ballots early in January.

DON'T EVER THINK that the new 12by 17 RPM isn't being greeted with great en-thusiasm. It is!!!! The industry is a -buzz withthe news of a bigger RPM, and a jock told me(personally) that he thought it was the greatestthing that ever happened to the radio business.This will be a consumer mag that will talk upthe Canadian jocks from coast to coast as wellas the dealers and record men. The edition isdue out Jan 2nd, but I think personally you

won't see it 'til the 3rd. That's the day it willbe premiered in Toronto and with a BIG

SPLASH I hear.

NO...MY COLUMN WON'T CHANGE!! I

will still be writing my usual Big Scoop column,but it will be bigger and will contain even moregossipy little tidbits.

The very touchy subject of "sick" re-cords has to enter my column, and I want to

say that I don't approve of take -offs on retardedpeople on disc. I feel that it is in very BAD

taste. I think there is sufficient talent in Can-ada that we don't have to stoop that low, andif anyone has such an idea for a disc...I suggestthey forget it. Let us exert a more wholesomeapproach to recordmaking. Let us work towardcombating such things....not exploiting them,for profit. I think I have made myself clear.

May Iwish all of you a very Merry Xmas..

and a successful Centennial Year. We hopethat YOU are as excited about next year as

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Well, HOWDY. I should start this column withone of those Elvira-type exposes. I just wantto ask the question what west coast basedCOWBOY singer's publishing company refuseda Canadian producer, mechanical rights, andsince it was a Xmas tune, WAS THIS in the truespirit of Christmas? I don't know if they allowme to name the COWBOY SINGER, but I willcheck with Cousin Ed: and print it next week.OH! I should also ask if this gesture was on thelevel, or was it just an UNCANADIAN move??(Ed: Do you mean ANTI -CANADIAN?)

Nice Id hear trom our cousin Hank.

Secord at CKRM in Regina writes to tell methat he feels the Capitol folks are leaning onthe wrong side of the new Diane Leigh single."Two Shades of Blue" is the favoured side inRegina. Well it just goes to prove that Dianemust have two very strong sides. Play themboth. Hank also tells me that the Regina basedSoundaround Records will have some countrygoodies in the New Year. Also a few Reginaraves for the Irwin Prescott waxing of "ChewTobacco Rag". Thank you Hank for the goodwestern words. Let's hear more from the west.

Up in Aylmer, Ontario, Bruce Shaver, ofBison Records, sends along some notes on thenew Odie Workman record that has been released

for Bison by Sparton. The side is "Take ThisHeart Of Mine", and it is already showing upon my chart. Bruce mentions that CJOB-FM andCHOK are just a few stations that are program-ming Odie's record. How about you other cousinsjumping on the haywagon? Something I didn'tknow was that Steve Glenn of CHOK Sarnia waspicked No. 1 Country disc jockey for 1966'67.Congratulations Steve.

If any of you are interested in joiningan association that promotes country music andall Canadian music, you should drop a note toAPCM, 102 Avenue Road, Toronto. They'll putyou on the mailing list for all the information.If you believe in Canadian country music, youshould join up.

That Melbourne single by Bob King,"Working On The Country Road" is really star-ting to get the spins. Bill Sweet's "Town andCountry" playlist gives it a whopping big No. 1.

Well, Russ Vernon is fed up with what'sbeen going on in the Calgary and area countryscene and he's heading for the U.S. So if yourecord folks have been sending Russ, new re-leases. STOP. Russ tells me it's a real sadscene in Calgary. There's only 334 hours ofcountry picking and that's from a six stationcity. Ellie tells me Calgary is having problemswith the teen sounds as well. What's going onin the home of the world's greatest Stampede?

Bill Pudifin sends news from CFGM ofthe great success they are having with Can-adian country talent. Besides including thenew discs on their regular playlists, they arealso presenting a Canadian talent hour everySaturday at 8 PM. The hour is made up of twosegments, the first is a half hour of Canadiancountry singers and instrumentalists, on record;the second is devoted to live Canadian talent.They feature a different guest artist every weekbacked by a live band. This is the second of a13 week presentation. On the completion of thefirst series, CFGM supplied listeners with afine photo brochure of the artists that had ap-peared on the series. The Country Gentlemen

have been programming "Gonna Catch MyBreath" from the new Jimmy James Arc album,"With A Song For You". Reaction has beengood and Bill feels it has great single potential.

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dealerJoan Ziegler, manager of Sayer's in Islington,gives top billing to Donovan's "Yellow" with"Renee", "Clarksville" and Sledge's "TearsMe Up" backing up good sales as well. Dove's"Cry" is starting to happen along with SandyPosey's "Single Girl". The Standells are show-ing good form with their "Why Pick On Me".

Louise Giroux, hit buyer for Sherman'sRack Sales in Ottawa, reports "Mellow Yellow"and the Monkees "Believer" as top sellers.The Chicago Loop are also coming on strongwith "She Comes To Me". Simon and his friendand their "Hazy Shade of Winter", ? and TheMysterians look good. A real strong item is

"Talk Talk" by The Music Machine with theAssociation's "Heebie Jeebies" starting to

pick up action. Top selling LP is "WinchesterCathedral" followed closely by The Monkees,Mama's and Papa's and Dr. Zhivago.

"Mellow Yellow" is also the big itemat Jerome's in the Lakehead. Janeen Marczakalso lists "Time After Time" and "Talk Talk"as top sellers. Two gals getting action in thenorth are Sandy Posey and Nancy Sinatra. TheChicago Loop, Animals and Wilson Pickett arebeginning to show.

Paul Misenei has been having a run onthe new Simon and Garfunkle album, "ParsleySage & Rosemary". Jim Reeves' Christmas LPis the top selling Christmas item at Paul'sAlliston store. Nancy Sinatra's "Sugar Town"is followed closely by Sandy Posey's "SingleGirl". The Cyrkle, Animals and Music Machineare moving well ahead. The British Modbeatshave broken into the Alliston area with their"Love's Just A Broken Heart". Another Can-adian group seeing action are the Ugly Duck-lings with their "Just In Case".

Dell Bown reports great action on theMonkees "Believer" as well as their LP. "Sum-mer Wine" and "Stop Stop Stop" are also mov-ing well. The Scoundrelz "Heartbreak Hotel"and another great Canadian group, The Esquireswith "A Multitude Of Sins" are both catchinggood action.

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USAThe Mae West legend has been bolstered byanother great album which makes two in the oneyear. Her first "Way Out West", on Capitolbrought Miss West to the attention of the teen-agers with meterial like "Shout" and "Day-tripper". Her latest, "Wild Christmas" whichwas also produced by David Mallet, is again amasterpiece of bringing the blues, rock and thetwenties closer together. Miss West, now 74,takes on the old Presley number "Santa BringMy Baby Back To Me" and does it as if it werewritten for her. Other selections include "SantaBaby", "My New Years Resolutions" and "PutThe Loot In The Boot, Santa". Although it's alittle late for this Christmas, the album will nodoubt become an evergreen. This album is notavailable in Canada but you can send for one toDragonet Records Inc. 1800 No. Argyle, Holly-wood California 90028. For further informationcontact the International Mae West Fan Clubpresident, Craig Eadie at Box 395, Postal Sta-tion "K", Toronto 12, Canada.

The K -POI gang got over their Monkees-

Miss K -POI hop in Honolulu and the followingweek swung into a salute to Annie LaurieGouveia, who was voted Miss lc -POI for 1967.The gig took place at the Honolulu InternationalCentre, Dec. 9, and featured The Spirits, ValRichards V, The Undertakers and Derbys. Host -

into the giant show were The Beard, Jeb Stuartand Steve Nicolet.

Ren Grevatt sends news from NYC thatThe Rolling Stones have been named the topAmerican record sellers of 1966. They werenamed number one in each of three top album

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polls. In addition, they were voted into threesecond places in the singles tallies. No otheract achieved a comparable combined rating.Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richard, whohave written most of the Stones material, havejust signed a new three year publishing dealwhich guarantees them $1,000,000. Also fromGrevatt comes news of the move to newer guar -

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early 1967. Ren also sends news that Roy

Orbison is off to England on a rush visit tostar in the first show of the New Year forBritishTelevision's"Sunday At ThePalladium".Orbison's big hit across the pond is "ThereWon't be Many Coming Home" which was justreleased a couple of weeks ago and is alreadyin the Top 20. Orbison heads down under forseveral appearances in Australia and New Zea-land and returns to the UK for a five week tourof England and Ireland in February. More Grevattnews has it that Bobby Goldsboro, who is cur-rently making it with "Blue Autumn", has beenlaid up in his home town of Dotham Alabama.with strep throat. Bobby hopes to be well enoughto make his appearance at the San Remo Festi-val as well as appearances in England and France

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Gary Parr. assistant program and musi-cal director at CKLC in Kingston, is becomingtremendously excited about Canadian groups

and feels that the future is great for our ownindustry.

Al Kingdom, formerly with Jeff Hewitsonand The Fugitives ("Magic" on Rca Victor) isnow doing the all night show at CKPT in Peter-boro. Ian Cook has left to take over the morningspot at CFRS in Simcoe. Scott Alexander's"Pussycat Commandos" are well on their wayto adopting a child, through the Foster ParentsPlan. Listeners have been anxiously sendingin their two bits which goes to the fund.

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UKThe BEACH BOYS have just left Britain aftera whirlwind tour of this island which fans willnot for get for some time to come. The boyswill likely be back here next year.

Another top act to set Britain on firewas the FOUR TOPS who did a two performanceonly visit to London two weeks ago. The successof this group is a tribute to the general successof the TAMLA MOTOWN sound in Britain.

Meanwhile in New York, DUSTY'SPRINGFIELD'S opening night at Basin Streetwas marred due to the reported dispute betweenband leader BUDDY RICH and Dusty over topbilling. Dusty's contract reportedly has her asundisputed top billing, but Mr. Rich obviouslyfelt this was an injustice to himself and he isreported to have made a mess of the big open-ing by keeping Dusty waiting for 2'2 hourswhile he introduced celebrities in the audienceand by apparently refusing Dusty proper re-hearsal time with the orchestra. From what wecan gather though, press reviews were full ofpraise for Dusty despite the messed up opening.

ALLAN SLAIGHT'S Radio Caroline

"Cash Casino" just paid a Southern Englandwoman 3330 pounds, or just under ten thousand

dollars for correctly identifying the mysteryobject. The contest starts off with one hundredpounds ($300) and goes up 10 pounds 1130) forevery wrong guess. There are four sponsorstaking part in the game. Now you can all believewhy these games are so popular over here.

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2 4 IN A MINUTE OR TWODee/Yeomen- Reo-8966-M

3 2 I SYMBOLIZE YOULast Words -Columbia -2707-H

4 5 MERCY MR. PERCYCaesar/Consuls-Columbia-2703-H

5 3 SPIN SPINGordon Lightfoot-UA-50055-J

6 7 LET'S RUN AWAYStaccatos-Capito1-72395-F

7 8 IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEYBobby Curtola-Tartan-1034-C

8 6 BOUND TO FLY3's A Crowd -Epic -10073-H

9 9 HEARTBREAK HOTELScoundrelz-Red Leaf -626-G

10 10 LOVE'S JUST A BROKEN HEARTModbeats-Red Leaf -625-G

11 12 I THINK OF HERJaybees-Rca-9001-N

12 16 MULTITUDE OF SINSEsquires -Columbia -2705-H

13 13 TELL MECharacters -Red Leaf -624-G

14 11 CAN ONLY...YOU EVERYTHINGThe Haunted -Quality -1840-M

15 20 IF I CALL YOU BY SOME NAMEPaupers -Verve Folkways -5033

16 14 JUST IN CASEUgly Ducklings -Yorktown -45003-F

17 17 A LITTLE BIT OF OH YEAHMartin Martin-Rca-3407-N

18 18 HANG ON TO ME NOW BABYLynda Layne -Red Leaf -627-G

19 19 I TAKE IT BACKShondels-Columbia-2717-H

20 -- ARMFUL OF TEDDYBEARSBarry Allen -Capitol -72430

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Claude Sorel -Jupiter -1073

2 2 EVEFrank Alamo -Riviera -147

3 3 JE LES AIME TANTPierre Lalonde -DP -4705

4 4 TU ME REVIENSAdamo-Pathe-638

5 5 J'AI ENTENDU LA MERChristophe-AZ-4341

6 9 JE SERAI LAMichele Richard-TC-3190

7 8 JE SUIS ANGLAISHerman's Hermits-Solfege-1837

8 11 MA CASQUETTEDany Aube -VD -3031

9 7 UN CHEMIN QUI NE MENE A RIENDick Rivers-Pothe-630

10 15 PERSONNE NE VEUT MOURIRPetula Clark -Vogue -4253

11 12 APPRENDS-MOI A T'OUBLIERNerve Vilard-Mercury-154056

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14 -- REVIENS-MOIDick Rivers-Pathe-648

15 --- L'HEURE DE LA SORTIESheila -Phil -857

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HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRLSam the Sham -MGM -13649-M

HELLO HELLOSopwith "Camel" -Kama Sutra -217-M

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2 2 THE WEATHERMANGary Buck -Capitol

3 5 CHEW TOBACCO ROADIrwin Prescott -Melbourne

4 3 THREE PLAYS FOR A QUARTERRalph Carlson -Melbourne

5 4 WORKING ON THE COUNTRY ROADBob King -Melbourne

6 6 WHY CAN'T HE BE YOUDiane Leigh -Capitol

7 7 YOUR SPECIAL DAYMyrna Lorrie-Sparton

8 9 TAKE THIS HEART OF MINEOdie Workman -Spartan

9 10 MUDDY WATERBert Cuff -Arc

10 8 LOVING YOU AGAINJohnny Burke -Columbia

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23 THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -Reprise -531-J

36 404 STOP STOP

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6 I'M READY FOR LOVEMartha Vandellas-Gordy-7056-L

38 4115 A PLACE IN THE SUN

Stevie Wonder-Tamla-54139-L39 44

14 I'VE GOT THE FEELINGNeil Diamond -Bang -536-C

40 4632 MUSTANG SALLY

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1 LADY GODIVAPeter & Gordon -Capitol -5740-F 42 55

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New Vaudeville Band -Fontana -1562-KDana Rollins -Capitol -72425-F 44 53

24 I'M THE ONE YOU NEEDMiracles-Tamla-54140-L 45 54

41 SUGAR TOWNNancy Sinatra -Reprise -527-J 46 63

26 MAMETijuana Brass-A&M-832-M 47 66

13 COMING ON STRONGBrenda Lee-Decca.32018-J 48 68

3 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ONSuprernes.Motown-2011-L 49 69

5 GOOD VIBRATIONSBeach Boys -Capitol -5676.F 50 50

34 I NEED SOMEBODY? And Mysterions-Cameo-441-M 51 72

10 BORN FREERoger Williams -Kapp -767-L 52 38

8 DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESSMitch Ryder -Bell -817-M 53 57

43 I KNOW I'M LOSING YOUTemptations -Gordy -7057-L

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17 TIME AFTER TIMEChris Montez A&M-822-M 56 77

50 SINGLE GIRLSandy Posey -MGM -13612-M 57 62

54 CRYRonnie Dove -Apex -77021-J 58 58

12 IT TEARS ME UPPercy Sledge -Atlantic -2358-M 59 78

18 I'M YOUR PUPPETJames & Bobby Purify -Bell -648-M 60 82

46 WHISPERSJackie Wilson -Brunswick -55300-J 61 60

62 WORDS OF LOVEMama's & Papa's -Dunhill -4057-N 62 76

35 RUN RUN LOOK AND SEEBrian Hyland -Philips -40405-K 63 71

33 SYMPHONY FOR SUSANArbors -Date -1529-H

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63 WHY PICK ON MEStandel Is -Spartan -1541-0

75 YO-Y0Billy Joe Royal -Columbia -43883-H

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73 THERE'S GOT TO BE A WORDInnocence-Koma Sutra -214-M

79 HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIMEYardbirds-Capitol-72423.F

76 I FOOLED YOU THIS TIMEGene Chandler -Checker -1155-L

82 I LOVE MY DOGCat Stevens-Deram-7501-K

94 GOOD THINGPaul Revere -Columbia -43907-H

96 EAST WESTHerman's Hermits -Quality -1854-M

57 I WANNA MEET YOUCryan Shames -Columbia -43836-H

97 I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFOREJimmy Ruffin -Soul -35027-L

29 SPIN SPINGordon Lightfoot-UA-50055-J

60 LET'S RUN AWAYStaccatos.Capito1-72395-F

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81 GOING NOWHERELos Bravos -Press -60003-K

95 GEORGY GIRLSeekers-Copito1-5756-F

66 IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEYBobby Curtola-Tortan-1034-C

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100 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESSOtis Redding -Volt -141-M

TELL IT TO THE RAIN4 Seasons -Philips -40412-K

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65 LOVE'S JUST A BROKEN HEART44odbecits-Red Leaf -625-G

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87 KARATEEmperors-Mala-534-M

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The New Yor based sparrow have just released"Green Bottle Lover" and "Down Goes YourLove Life", on Columbia/ Frank Wiener's

Hungry "I" Club, in Winnipeg, was the settingfor a CBC-TV "Generation" taping recently.The show, which will be seen sometime in

March, featured the Winnipeg favourites, TheShondeis. They'll also be doing a CBC-Montrealshow at the end of this month/"There's noChristmas rest for the groups. Bigland Promo-tions, of Sudbury, are throwing a giant Christ-mas Day gig at the Mine Mill Hall. The showwill feature Toronto's Dee and The Yeomen. OnDec. 29, same place, same agency, The Evilmake the scene and on New Years Day it's TheLords of London and The Manx/' /The Tiki Clubwill bring the famous Stampeders to the Brock-ville area on Christmas Day.

The British Modbeats moved into theHallmark studios for an album session lastweek. Stan Klees prOdUCed///Dave Mickie isreported to be doing voice over for a CartoonTV series entitled "The Flip Sides". Produceris Bernard Cowan of NYC///Toronto's PassingFancy are getting set to debut their Columbiawaxing of "I 'm Losing Tonight" and "A Pas.sing Fancy",.',/,/The Guess Who have just re-leased one of their strongest Quality singles todate. "His Girl" and "It's My Pride" has beenpicked up by R & B Discs (England) for releasein Europe and the UK. Also from Quality comes"Girl In The Window" and "Born Of Hate" bythe Winnipeg based Eternals. This release ispending, state -side. The group is managed byTerry Morris, of the Peg; "Bob Harrington'sReo single "Changes" has been picked up by.BGM Industries Del Discos S.A. for release inSouth America. They've also taken on the Barrysingle of "How Does That Grab You Darlin"(Ukranian) by Gloria Kaye -The French Can-adian market is buzzing with the acceptance oftwo very strong Quality outings. "Mon HommeA Moi" by Mimi Mars and "La Chanson DuTraviail" by Los Cambrinos. Both are DalkenProductions, produced by Ken Ayoub The

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Montreal Hou-lop have come over to the Englishside, for an album release. It's on Apex entitlea"Off". The group recently appeared with TheRolling Stones at the famous Olympia in Parisand apparently just escaped with their lives.It's a well produced album, but no produce{credits are available Also from the Compopeople comes the newest Lightfoot single, "GoGo Around" which has already been picked byU.S. trades.

YEAR END EDITORIAL

Perhaps this would be a good time to look backon the past three years and what has happenedto the Canadian music industry. Three yearsago, the Canadian public seldom heard a Can-adian -made record. Their entire interest wasfocused on the great U.S. record productioncentres. England was only brewing up the stormthat was to come. Canada was practically stand-ing still in the record business. A few artistswere buying their backgrounds in Nashville.The $1.98 Canadian country "quickies" weremaking a dollar or two, and occasionally a local"hit" would rear its head and sell a couple ofthousand.

Today, Canadian record buyers are look-ing to Canadian recording artists as stars. Ifyou have any doubts about this (as I have hadup until recently) then you would be most in-terested in the reaction to the RPM 100 chart(which promotes domestic product and reportson Canadian music) and the great interest in

the RPM Starline Photo Album. Today, RPM isbeing subscribed to by teenagers who,two yearsago , didn't know nor cared less about who theCanadian stars were.

It is doubtful that Canadian programmersor record companies can fully appreciate whathas happened, and the potential of the bomb weare sitting on. The Canadian music industry isripe. It is far bigger than we can appreciate. Ifgiven the opportunity, Canadian artists andCanadian recordings could make a major break-through into the international market. The soundwas always here Constantly there have beengood producers making great records with goodCanadian compositions. The artist who, today,walks into a studio is a better musician in manycases than many of his foreign counterparts.Less bad product comes out of Canada thanmany other countries. Canada still experiencesthe "rush into the studio" productions, but

more and more experienced people are lookingafter the A&R functions and more and moreCanadian recordings are becoming "in demand"for world release.

In '67 the eyes of the world will turn toCanada. Our Centennial year will make it easierto interest the world in Canadian music. Thenewly formed Association for the Promotion ofCanadian Music will do a great deal to bally-hoo our domestic product. The Centennial andExpo themes will be broadcast throughout theworld. Canada's newly equipped and modernrecording studios will assist in creating aneven better sound. In its growing pains, the in-dustry has found reason to unite to fight for itssurvival and the results will be beneficial.

As a further indication of the forwardmove, RPM has grown into a consumer magazine.Soon the story of the artists, the disc jockey,the record man and the entire industry will beknown by the record buyer. Your RPM ads willreach out to thousands. There is no doubt....theindustry is ON THE WAY,"

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