records promotion musicVolume 3, No. 13 Week of May 24th, 1965

RAY GRIFF

* If you are 14 years ofage, have a good ear formusic and a mother andbrother who dig the music

* scene,you could be on thesame road to success as

)-^,1- Ray Griff. Actually it allstarted when Ray wasonly four and his big

* brother Ken showed him"C" chord on the piano.It was just a matter ofsurrounding the "C" withother chords and comingup with words that match-ed. It all seemed likesuch a rewarding gamethat it became a part of

his life. At 9 he was playing drums andsinging with his school band in Win-field, Alberta. The Griff family then movedto Calgary where Ray went to high schooland organized and played with a number ofdifferent bands. A local DJ who also pro-moted country shows throughout the west,put Ray and his band on a few "Grand OleOpry" packages. It was during one of thesetours that Ray met Johnny Horton. Theyboth became very good friends. Johnnyrecognized the talent in this Canadian highschool student and included one of Ray'ssongs, "Mr. Moonlight", on a later album.

The thrill of having a big artist likeJohnny Horton interested in his writingmeant only one thing to Ray, that musicwas going to play a prominent part in hislife. Like all young composers he startedsending his material to various publishers.He also went on a three year scrimping andsaving bender so he could travel to theonly place in the world where the big hitswere being ground out, Nashville. It waslike jumping from the frying pan into thefire. One out of every four people in "MusicCity" were song writers and they couldvery well do without one more. But Raypersisted and finally landed a job as asong reviewer and plugger with a publish-ing firm. Jim Reeves became interestedin this young foreigner with a good ear formusic and recorded "Where Do I Go FromHere" one of Ray's sacred numbers. Fromthere on in it seemed like the whole worldwas beginning to recognize Ray Griff as awriter. Marty Robbins, Stonewall Jackson,Charlie Walker, Roy Bee and other artistsbegan recording his songs.

Ray had an ace up his sleeve. Hecould sing with the best of them. Thistalent was immediately recognized by BobFerguson, RCA Victor producer. The firstFerguson production for Ray "That Weepin'Willow Tree" brought this country typeartist into the pop field. Both Cashbox andBillboard gave this single the nod. Hisfollow-up "Golden Years", also written byRay, definitely established Ray as a pop -country artist.

Waiting has been part of the game forRay. Waiting for a break in his own country.Waiting for and finally getting a break in aforeign country. Waiting for his songs to berecorded and now waiting for his own re-cordings to become hits. With all this pa-tience and still retaining the good humourand personality of a western Canadian plusthe encouragement of greats in the busi-ness like Bob Ferguson of RCA Victor, RAYGRIFF will make it. He'll make it big be-cause he enjoys what he's doing.

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Winnipeg: The GuessWhos have joined thestars and will be appear-ing on a western tourwith the RighteousBrothers, Beau Brum-mels, Bobby Freemanand others. Edmontonwas their first stop,May 21. Next came Re-gina, May 22. Back toWinnipeg for the 23 andover at Calgary for theholiday, May 24. Theirnew single "Tossin' andTurnin' " is shaping upto greater expectationsthan "Shakin' All Over".

This fact has already been established atthe Quality camp on receipt of a telegramfrom Mary Schlachter of Scepter recordswho also feels this follow-up is a strongchart contender.

Calgary: Brian Sullivan sends newsthat Orchard records have released a newspiritual LP by Selma and Fred entitled"Heights of Happiness". Morris Orchard,who does disc and master -type recordingin the Calgary area, engineered the session.Interested distribs address all enquiriesto 3276 - 1 St. N.W. Other producers in theCalgary area, not known to us here at RPMare Specialty Series Div., Video AudioProductions and Earl Youngren. Briannotes that the New Christy Minstrels per-formed recently in Calgary and ticketswere sold out several days in advance.It was also apparent to Brian that theturnover of members of the NCM must bequite rapid as he found very few familiarfaces.

Flin Flon: A little gal who signsher letters "A true Canadian" makes ourtask at RPM much easier. The local radiostation CFAR has been playing Canadianrecords of late and apparently being wellreceived among the populace of this nor-thern Manitoba town. CBC-TV "Music Hop"is also creating the right atmosphere forthe acceptance of Canadian talent. Ourwriter notes that The Guess Whos andShirley Matthews, The Travellers and Ianand Sylvia are as well known in Flin Flonas those from foreign countries. At a re-cent "Battle of Sounds" at CFAR, Dee andThe Yeomen with their "Say Baby" wonhands down over a foreign competitor. FlinFlon has been included in the itinerary of afew touring shows. Latest has been JerryPalmer and the Marksmen who could havescored heavier had his record been betterknown. Our teenage correspondent is dis-tressed over the many artists who leaveCanada, like Goulet, Anka, Lucille Starrand Terry Black. The letter also includeda thought we hope will become more andmore important to Canadians in the time tocome. "By 1967 I'd like to see Canadianperformers on top. My head is up and toesand fingers crossed for Canadian perfor-mers." Bless you.

Burbank: Mike Maitland, prexy of WBRhas just completed the signing of the popu-lar TV and musical attraction, The KingFamily. The 38 members of this large sing-ing aggregation will be setting out on aconcert tour which will take them from coastto coast. It is hoped their first WBR re-lease will kick off this tour.

New Britain, Conn: Van Trevor drops anote to inform us he is now on the Cana-dian -American label and a contributingwriter for The Summerhouse Music Group.Van's current outing "The Girl From TheMain Street Diner" is starting to break2

out across Canada.Ottawa: The Canadian tour of the

Rolling Stones started in Ottawa and sureenough this is where the first complaintscame from. Not against the Stones butrather the officials in charge of the spec-tacle. Toronto fans were also chewing outofficials by way of the dailies. In Londonthe fans resorted to a little more than com-plaints. The show was a shambles and thepolice held responsible. Sandy Gardiner's"Platter Platter and Idol Chatter" page inthe Ottawa Journal devoted space to thecomplaints of a few angry fans. Sandy alsoreminds the rest of Canada that its capitalis going to give Toronto a run for its moneyin the groups department. Already nation-ally known are The Staccatos and The Es-quires and coming up strong, The Baronsand The Characters. Where else should thenationalistic feeling be higher than inOttawa? Ottawans seem to take pleasurein spotlighting Canadian talent. The SwingSet Gentlemen, Ian Connerty, Doug McKeenand George Pollard. Teen spot promoterslike The Oak Door and others who willinglyplay Canadian artists. John Pozer of CJOH-TV is also a great booster of Canadian ta-lent. This is also where Canadian spiritedhigh school students like Brian Foran ofneighbouring Hull have the guts to get outand interest other students in signing a,etition for more recognition of Canadianartists. Paul Anka returned to his hometown April 30 and gave a great performanceto an appreciative audience. The Staccatos'new Capitol outing "Small Town Girl","Tossin' and Turnin' " by the Guess Whosand "Hum Drum" by Derek and Ed arebig Canadian items in Ottawa this week.

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Capitol artists Buck Owens and CharlieLouvin recently completed a successfultour of Ontario. Seen above with the twoCapitol artists are Joe Woodhouse (left)and "Bud" Farquharson, Ontario SolesManager.

Toronto: Gerry Wolff, the founder ofWolff Re cords of Canada Ltd., has resignedhis title as president of the company andis no longer an active company officer. Mr.Wolff's new ventures will include the forma-tion of a Music Publishing Co. and the en-largement of his firm Three Star Publica-tions specializing in monthly fan clubeditions on top artists with large fan clubsbehind them.

The three day extravaganza to be heldat The Terrace in downtown Toronto May28, 29 and 30th and to be known as TeensFunarama is moving into high gear. Exhi-bitors have been very eager to securebooth space to promote and display theirwares. Most of the major record companiesand several of the smaller labels have alsomade plans to be represented at this firstof its kind teen attraction.

Teens Funarama prexy Bill Anthony isanxiously awaiting the opening day. Hehas arranged for entertainment to be thefocal point of the three day fair. Top name

The Canadian Classics pictured above areone of the most popular of groups on thewest coast. Their newest release onApex "Goodbye My Love" is fast be-coming a chart climber.

Canadian groups will entertain every hourthe fair is open. Artists will be availablefor autograph sessions. Record companieswill be selling as well as displaying theirproduct. Musical instrument firms will havea chance to show off their newest in equip-ment. Searchlights and live broadcastingwill give this show the Hollywood treat-ment. RPM has been asked to put out aspecial issue. The response by advertisershas been something short of fantastic. Allin all it's shaping up to be the biggestteen attraction, outside the Beatles, of theyear. Rumours have it that several of therecord companies have made arrangementsfor top international artists to appear.

Columbia Records of Canada,Don Mills,Ontario, have announced that they havebeen awarded distribution rights for ScotchBrand Magnetic Tape and Accessories.

Record Jottings: From Capitol comesnews that they have acquired the rights to"Little Lonely One" by one of the newestsinging sensations Tom Jones. This re-lease, hot on the heels of Jones' appear-ance on the Ed Sullivan show should makeit a shoo-in for chart action. Lou Rawlscomes up with a blues -type vocal of"Three O'Clock in the Morning". Anotherchange of pace is the offing of "My Cherie"by Al Martino. Two releases by Canadianperformers merit close attention. "WhereHas Love Gone" by Robbie Lane and "ILove Her So" by The Big Town Boys nowon Capitol. Malka & Joso fans will be happyto know that their second LP release isbeing readied for shipment. Their single"Ay Cosita Linda" pulled from their firstalbum is now making the rounds of radiostations.

The Quality camp is still shakin' overthe first single of the Guess Whos and arenow bracing themselves for greater salesof the second release of this popular Winni-peg group. "Tossin' & Turnin' " gets thenod from radio stations coast to coast. Theinternational eye is wide open for this onealso. "Me and You" by The Regents isalso a hot contender on most charts acrossthe nation. It's time. for a follow-up."While I'm Away" by the Four 'Empenned by Canadian Bryan Olney is pick-ing up spotty action across the country.US action has also been very favourable."A Walk In The Black Forest" turned outto be one of those hits that creamed thecountry before it was considered a hit.Another story of another novelty tune sur-prising the trade.

"Laurie" by Dickey Lee has GeorgeOffer of Apex talking to himself. Alreadypicked in Upper Canada it could be awinner. Al Mair informs us however that

there are two schools of thought on this re-lease. Some claim it's a "sick" recordothers like to describe it as a type ofghost story. Gord Lightfoot's "I'm NotSayin' " is fast becoming one of the mostpopular singles across Canada.(see CCCA)Jack Nitzche's "Senorita from Detroit" isan instrumental well worth a listen. TheSquires, already a well established soundaround Upper Canada come up with a NewYork produced single "Uh Uh".

Phonodisc re-releases on Del-Fi theeight year old hit of the late Ritchie Va-lens, "Donna" f/s "La Bamba". TheSupremes latest, "Back In My Arms Again''would appear to have control of every topforty station in the nation. Another Tamla/Motown outing, "I Can't Help Myself" byThe Four Tops is fast acquiring hit pro-portions. Interesting LP releases fromPhonodisc include "My Kind Of Town" byJack Jones and the Burt Bacharach offer-ing of "Hit Maker". Not to mention thatDon Francks LP.

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THE SOUND THAT SELLSare cutting the SOUND

that will SELL products.Advertising agencies are looking to themusic of today to sell candy, soft drinks,gasoline, skin lotions, and the hundreds ofother things that influence the millions ofdollars spent by the monied teenager. Evenadult products are getting the MOT treat-ment. Ad agencies are the first to realizewhat seemed to be teen music a few yearsago is becoming popular music and thesales potential of hit sounds will bringattention to and sell their clients product.

NO TEEN FEELThe whole thing got off to a bad start

when the commercial writers, musicians,and agency producers went after a big pro-fessional teen sound that unfortunatelydidn't have the teen feel. Above all, thesuccess of the teen sound has been theage and feeling that these young musiciansput into their work and the actual sound

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teen oriented producers lay down.The simplicity of their arrangements

and the uncomplicated chord patterns andhip words are the biggest selling factors.

NOT A HOUSEHOLD WORDIn the past year MOT has gained the

status of being a household word, and afamily pastime. At the height of the Beatlephenominum, newspaper editors were issu-ing memos to their writers to maintain a highstandard of writing when it came to thisgroup. It was thought by many that thevalue of a pro-Beatle attitude would sellpapers, and keep readers, since the teeninfluence played such a great part in con-sumer decisions. One knock at this groupwould result in great piles of mail. Radiostations with the most dignified policyeither ignored the group, or discussed themwith reverance, even though they didn'tair their music. Top ratings for TV shows,whenever they appeared further indicatedthat the popularity of this group was world-wide and acceptable at any age level. Allthis was a contributing factor to the swingto the most up-to-date sound for radio andtelevision commercials. Today, the musictracks behind many adult spots have adefinite 1965 music influence.

AGENCIES "HIP"Agencies, being in a very progressive

business, even have gone to the point ofstaffing young people to advise at the teenlevel. Great amounts of motovative researchhave gone into up -dating the sound thatsells, and younger singers and musicianshave sprung up to sing the praises of thelaundry tub, the toilet bowl, and the clean-er engine. The gasoline consumer of to-morrow is 15 and 16 today. He will be 18and 19 in a very few years, and the agen-cies realize that hard-core consumer oftomorrow must be established today andthe way to get through is with teen music.

ANYTHING FOR MONEYOften you'll hear the stately high brow

GMP station blowing a rock and roll com-mercial followed by a sweet violin soundof Mantovani. Their policy doesn't permitthis sound for enjoyment, but bought timepermits anything.

The Toronto Telegram has been singu-larly progressive in bringing young readersinto its fold with a weekly teen supplement"After Four". Again the teen reader of to-day will tomorrow be the adult family rea-der, and the householder and consumer thatthe Telegram and its advertisers will belooking for in two, three or four years.Again it's the youth of today that will bethe "Big Spenders" of tomorrow.

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Hamilton: Mike Jaycockof CKOC finds a bigchange in the demandsof teenagers. Recordhops just don't seemto be making it. Theynow demand live bandsand entertainment. Ifyou happen to have allthis plus a teen nice -club, you have a fullhouse. "Rockin'Village" and "Shindig"seem to be the placesto go in the "Steel"town. The "Hawk'sNest" in Toronto and"Castle" in St. Kittsare also drawing the

Hamilton area teenager. Mike adds "Withthis demand for live groups I think wewill find the record industry in Canadawill realize that there is plenty of talentright under their noses. On the Canadianscene, Mike sees great things for thenew Gord Lighfoot entry "I'M Not Sayin"'.Bobby Curtola's newest, "Walkin' WithMy Angel" looks like another winner forthe Lakehead talent. On the internationalscene Mike gives the nod to "Keep OnTryin" the new Bobby Vee entry, DelReeves' "Girl On The Billboard" and"Voodoo Woman" by Bobby Goldsboro.The number one sound at `0C is "Cryin'In The Chapel". Apparently the Hamiltonladies go for it and even the teens acceptit as being a nice sound. Says Mike"let's face it Elvis needs the money."

Saint John: A new face, a greatnew sound at CHSJ these days. Thehousewives love Pat Donelan their new-est afternoon wooer. Pat was formerly atCFWB Fredericton.

Peace River: Chuck Benson PD atCKYL is real happy over the fact that heis finally, on the mailing list of some ofthe never -before -heard of record compa-nies. Chuck makes the suggestion thatbecause of the power small radio stationshave over the populace, they could domuch to help find new talent and give itexposure. This is what 'YL has done inthe Peace country and have come up witha gal singer who is just ripe for signingthat dotted line for a recording contract.Johnny Harlow's latest is the big itemin the north country this week.

Belleville: Dave Charles of CJBQfinds that at the local teen nice -spot,The "Crow's Nest", many new creationsseem to be happening. The latest is anew dance called, (what else) the "CrowDance". Ritchie Knight and the Midnightsdebuted this dance with Dave giving ademonstration (discotheque style) andfound the patrons picking it up easilymaking it now one of the most populardances. All they need is someone tocome up with the right material, perhapsa recording. The cream of Canadianrecording artists have appeared in Belle-ville regularly and their popularity is nowshowing with eight Canadian entries onthe CJBQ "Top 50". J.B. and The Play-boys have been the most exciting by farof any who have appeared at the "Crow'sNest". Return dates have been set for4

Dee and The Yeomen The Countdowns,Luke and The Apostles and The BigTown Boys. The Fab Four have beenskedded for an appearance in June.

Vancouver: Dick Clark's "Caravanof Stars" is shaping up to be a big smashfor CKLG. The show, to be held at theQueen Elizabeth Theatre, May 26, featuresDel Shannon, The Zombies, Shangri-las,The Executives and many other top ratedartists.

St. John's: Jim Morrison, sans the"Jungle" has moved from CKEC to VOCM.One of the pleasures of working with theColonial System is the fact that theyreceive new releases as they are released.No more battling Canadian record compa-

nies. A new hit parade survey may beforthcoming from this Newfoundland sta-tion. Good to hear from Newfoundland.

London: Dick Williams chalks upanother success story for the Lively Guysat CFPL. A recent "Sidewalk Surfin"contest turned out to be one of the giantpromotions of the year. Even Bill Bradymanaged to stay in one piece, althoughhis watchamaycallit will be tender forsome time. The contest took place onSayvette's parking lot, May 1. Winnersreceived golden skate awards.

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MALKA & JOSO - "AY COSITA LINDA (from their best seller album)-

I "BRING YOUR LOVE" - BUDDY CARLTON (and The Strata Tone (on Hawk)'

"GOIN' TO THE RIVER" - RONNIE HAWKINS (on Hawk)

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"Dear Mr. Grealis: Sever-alweeks ago Iread in yourexcellent weekly of thestruggle of the Canadianpublishers of which youare one. At the time, itdid not occur to me whatit was you were gettingat, and only recentlyhave I realized thatyou do not have thesupport of the entirerecord industry. Severalmajor companies are con-spicuous by their ab-sence as advertisers inRPM. This fact came tome after hearing a re-

mark regarding a pro -RPM attitude wouldbe considered an anti-American attitudeby the United States affiliates of one re-cord company.

I took a number of recent issues, andthe liberty of breaking them down againstyour rate sheet, and would I be prematurein assuming that RPM will soon be a thingof the past? I cannot see how this can beotherwise, unless you are working somekind of a miracle.

I certainly admire Bob Martin's com-ments in the last issue, and his gallantryin speaking out with the support of hiscompany. Columbia, of course, are amongthe leaders of the industry.

I would prefer the cloak of anonymityshould you reprint any part of this letter.RPM is a miracle. We don't know how youdo it."(ED: This letter is reprinted in its entiretyand came from another "leader of the in-dustry". The comments are surely sincere,and the request for anonymity will be com-plied with).

"A thing of the past?" Possibly youare being a little too premature. Like mostthings Canadian, there is a great deal ofself-consciousness, regarding RPM, thatCanadians have not been able to overcome.

Our experience with our friends to thesouth, have been most gratifying, and ex-cept for one US sheet inferring that "RPM

is biting the hand that feeds us" (the re-ference was obviously to the US) we havenever had anything but the best of relation-ships with US record companies. Many aresubscribers. The anti-American stigma hasbeen hard to live down, but it must be re-membered, that most things pro -Canadiancan easily be tabbed anti -something -or -other. RPM's contribution to the Canadianindustry will stand on its own merits re-gardless of what happens.

Lenny Welsh has a hitrecord in N.Y., but un-fortunately "Darling,Take Me Back" doesnot look like a nationalhit . . . "Is This What IGet for Loving You" byThe Ronettes sounds likeit could have been doneby The Righteous Bros....Tracey Dey's recordof "Hanky Panky" .hassmash written all over it.Upon a first hearing, itsounds like it could beanother "Name Game"...Talking about Shirley

Ellis, her next release has the word"puzzle" in the title.

Had a very nice conversation withSkip Haymes, who told me he was headedfor a two week engagement at Harvey's inLake Tahoe... Teddy Randazzo waved tome as he was running down Broadway, butgave me no time to ask when we can ex-pect a new Little Anthony and The Imper-ials record... Tony Orlando is sure thatAtlantic Records is the right label for histalents. He was very enthused when wetalked about his Bert Berns produced re-cord, "Turn Around, Baby", which will bereleased in a few weeks.

I'm sorry to say that The Grand OldOpry show at the N.Y. Paramount didn'tdraw the large crowds expected. I can tellyou though that Hank Snow and Kitty Wellsreally had the audience cheering... EydieGorme's next release, "Dance On By", wasrecorded in Nashville.

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Piccolo Pupa, newest Italian recordingartist on WBR seen with Ed Sullivan.

Tin Pan Alley is talking about thepossibility of Frank Sinatra appearing atthe Forest Hills Musical Festival (NYC)with the great Count Basie band in July.It's been many years since New Yorkershave seen a real live performance by Mr. S.

Lorne Greene's record of "An 01' TinCup" is getting more play since his TVspecial...Another good country sound is"Branded" by Art Lund...With so manycountry oriented records making it, it's hardto overlook the great job Joe Williams doeson Don Robertson's tune, "I Really Don'tWant to Know".

To those of you who consider BobbyDarin the Number One finger snapper in thebusiness, be sure to catch Tom Jones thenext time he appears on a TV show . . .Watching Freddie and The Dreamers on TV,I kinds get the feeling they are putting onthe world...The way I figure it, in about ayear Kapp Records will decide to releaseBurt Bacharach's record of "Always Some-thing There To Remind Me" as a single-and what a smash it will be.

Waiting to break big on the charts are"Little Lonely One" by Tom Jones and"What A Wonderful World This Can Be" byHerman's Hermits ... The instrumentalshowing real signs of life is "Blue Pre-lude" by Sammy Kaye... Lou Rawls couldpossibly have a chart record with his vocalversion of "3 O'Clock in the Morning" ifVic Dana doesn't come up with a vocal onthe same song ... "The Real Thing" byTina Britt is getting good sales reaction.

Herman's Hermits first movie will becalled "Go Go Mania".Drop me a line: Harriet Wasser, Suite 1110,200 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019.

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Elvira picks ..."Tossin'and Turnin'" by theGuess Whos. (I just gotoff the phone to all theDJs in the west, and mymagnificent hype willmake this one a hit too)."Where Has Love Gone"by Robbie Lane. (Paulhas promised Elvira abottle of "somethingnice" if I get behind this

1, one. I put it behind myears!!!) "I Tried To Tell

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Her" by the Jury will '''' , be something else. YouNast don't need a crystal ball

r 'la or a boiling caldron tospot this one. Tit for tat.

Dianne James comes smashing throughthis week with "My Guy". This deservingchick has just got to get one to the top ofthe charts, and right here and now, I'm re-cruiting all the Upper Canada jocks toturn up their hearing aids and un-tin ear tothis one. Let's go fellas...right to the top.HEEEAVEEE!!!

My Spy tells me...D.C. Thomas' newone will be a smash follow up to the filer"Walk That Walk" (Red Leaf Rides Again)..Bob Vollum's production of (My Girl):Sloopy by Little Caesar and the Consulsshould make Bob a very sought after pro-ducer.

Hog Town is talking...about Jack Lon-don who is dabbling in the fine art of pro-duction. Jack recently changed his mindabout the US greener pastures, and hasturned to producing as his forte, and prettyforte (to use a musical term). (If I don'tout class you with my use of prosaic li-cence, I'll baffle you with my command ofthe English language. Watch This!! ...Beatles!!)

Rumours, Rumours, Rumours!!! Watchfor a French and Canadian artist to forman independent production company. BestMOVE he ever made. WATCH FOR!!! a teenattraction to appear in the CNE grandstandshow this year. The sudden power of Cana-dian talent!! Now... the west will show theeast how. The envy of the west to theeast will be diminished a great deal soon,when the west comes ahead one great leap.Those in the know are already snickering.

Attention Nations Capital!!! Don't looktoo far away to find an Un-Canadian atti -tude in radio.

People are asking!!! Why has the Fow-ler Committee on Broadcasting delayed itsreport? Those in the know....know!!!

Freedom of The Press??? Last weekscolumn was blue pencilled beyond recogni-tion. Elvira's feature article "Victims ofPayola" has been suppressed. My reviewof the latest Trini Lopez single was re-jected by Sounding Board. There is nowdoubt that Elvira can spot a hit!!!

Here's a Hot Flash from Montreal!!!and next week we may even hear from Van-couver or Edmonton.(ED: Miss Capreese has asked me to re-mind her fans and readers, that gifts toRPM writers are not permitted. Particularlychocolates, since Miss Capreese is on adiet.

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Mike Jaycock, Top 40 spinner at CKOCHamilton will be submitting reviews forSounding Board.Bryan Olney CKWS KingstonStop The Clock Shirley Matthews"A Good Song. A good singer and awinning sound. Shirley Matthews is sureto return to hitsville with this new winneron Red Leaf. SURE."Sandy Gardiner Ottawa JournalLet's take a chance tonight Johnny Harlow"This is an interesting debut outing for theCalgary Boy. Tony Dimaria has done aslick job with the arrangement and theartist's performance is good. It couldhave a chance. COULD."Frank Cameron CHNS HalifaxI'm Not Sayin' Gord Lightfoot"Gord comes on in fine style with this selfpenned tune. It's about talentedyoung man received recognition for hisvocal efforts as well as his writing ability.This tune is strictly away from the ordin-ary top 40 tune, although sales to folk buffsand GMP plays could be sufficient to chartit. SHOULD."Gary Crowell CKDH AmherstWhy Don't You Love Me Classics"There isn't a reason in the world why the

smooth, clean wail of this side shouldn'tmake it. For that matter, the flip is equallywell done. Given the exposure it warrants...SURE!"Chuck Benson CKYL Peace RiverI'm A Rolling Stone Danny Harrison"It has the Jack London success 'sound'about it. This is the first disc I've heardby the lad, may prove to be the initial hitfor him in the Peace. COULD."Bob Taylor CHOK SarniaI'm Not Sayin' Gordon Lightfoot"I'm spoiled. I can remember when Gordsang rock. I'm not much for the folk sing-er, but this did have some appeal. Gord'svoice suits the folk song. For Gords sakeI do hope that this record goes to the top.COULD."Dick Williams CFPL LondonI'm A Rolling,Stone Danny Harrison"Danny seems to come across well on thisdisc; the sound seems a bit muffled tech-nically (SP) but a Presley -like approachcoupled with the devil-may-care lyricsmight make it with the kids. COULD."Dave Charles CJBQ BellevilleWhy Don't You Love Me Classics"An unusual style of presentation. Has agood beat but will not make the music scenewith it. COULD."Paul McConnell CKLN NelsonMy Guy Dianne James"After playing this record six times, I findthat it doesn't strike me as being the quali-ty of sound that will sell in the B.C. area.I feel (along with others, I'm sure) thatMiss James has a great deal of improvingto do before she makes it in the music andrecording indsutry. This is a big improve-ment over 'Don't Go' and I think it mayappear very low on some of the BC surveysbut not on the coast.Wayne Gregory CFCO ChathamStop The Clock Shirley Matthews"It has a 'Detroit Sound'. Has a goodchance if pushed enough. I like. SHOULD."

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