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THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT OCTOBER 9, 1999
Spread the Word Analysts Weigh Pros, Cons GOOD WORKS
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LONDON -The global music BY BRIAN GARRITY issue: the true value of pricey tie -in BY CHRIS MORRIS
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industry's great sales expecta- NEW YORK the battle among agreements with larger Web sites LOS ANGELES -An all -star
tions for this fall and coming E- tailers for the hearts and minds of favored by budding Internet compa- group of musicians will put their
holiday period just got greater. online music consumers, the weapon nies and whether it is better for them best feet forward for global con-
Traditional- of choice remains the checkbook. to appeal to a mass audience or a servation at this
ly, a year's Companies spe- more targeted one. year's benefit
sales skew cializing in digital In Internet circles concert for the
into its sec- download and CD this is known as "cu-s- nonprofit Rain-
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and the first net -flush with cash using marketing dol- Smart Sounds:
half of 1999, in the wake of the lars to boost sales Music for the
according to industry's venture - NEWS ANALYSIS and /or volume num- Planet -which
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Phonographic Industry (IFPI), bonanza over the last three months took shape last week when EMu- Beacon Theatre in New York.
leaves the rest of the year with are spending furiously on advertis- sic.com Inc., fresh off a secondary Performers set for this year's
(Continued on page 14) ing and cross -promotion campaigns stock offering, announced that it (Confirmed on page 107)
It's No Secret Anymore designed to build consumer traffic would offer hundreds of dollars'
and, ultimately, consumer spending. worth of digital download hardware
D VD Audio In But the question of how to best use and software to the first 5,000 cus- Will Digital Players
newfound financial resources toward tomers who buy $50 worth of music.
the long- awaited new album Holding Pattern that end remains open for debate. At (Confirmed on page 106) Carry Off Profits?
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"Vienna" and "Never Dance for its close -up. Well, almost. the concept of Internet -delivered
Although the specification book for E -Biz Issue Gains Weight Among Presidential Candidates music into the mainstream?
Version 1.0 of DVD Audio was pub- That is the question that will be
lished months ago, a series of techni- BY BILL HOLLAND were faced with paying taxes on put to the test in the coming months
"A voice that's cal, creative, and philosophical chal- and MARILYN A. GILLEN purchases made there. as major hardware companies enter
as immense as Garland's and... lenges have stood in the way of the WASHINGTON, D.C.- Taxation On the other hand, the estab- the U.S. personal -digital- device mar-
as sensuous as Fitzgerald's....
The next great voice in format's market launch. certainly won't mean the death of lishment of guidelines for taxes ket with players they are positioning
the non -rock tradition" At press time, it was extremely the Internet sales marketplace in offers a prescription for healthy as both hip and hip-p ocket size, light-
-CHICAGO TRIBUNE unlikely that any commercially the U.S., but it could put a competition for business as a weight and skip -proof, and -mo-st
released DVD Audio titles would see chill on the sector, accord- whole, say retailers. They important to the record industry
She is and will be the light of day this millennium. ing to a BizRate.com sur- argue that the lack of a protected against freewheeling
a pop diva for the new mdl'iennium- "DVD Audio is in a holding pat - vey presented at a Sept. clear policy on the subject copying by a variety of safeguards.
-NEWSDAY (Continued on page 98) 14 meeting of the con- now makes for an uneven (Continued on page 99)
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Editor in Chief: TIMOTHY WHITE when it finally occurs. Looming behind enduring debates about everyone wanted to start a station. The earliest commitment to
MP3, the primitive process of music downloads and streaming, building or operating them came from the Westinghouse Electric
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor: SUSAN NUNZIATA and the current paucity of both Internet profits and the online lis- and Manufacturing Co. in Pittsburgh, with George Westinghouse
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Copy Editors: Andrew Boorstyn, Marlaina Gray, Carl Rosen entertainment. What's as significant is that commonplace enter- its sponsoring firm, the National Life and Accident Insurance Co.
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Country Music /Nashville: Deborah Evans Price, Associate Editor spontaneous personal cyber -experience. Results are the point, rather Nighttime was prime time for DXers, since the nature of the AM
Dance Music: Michael Paoletta, Editor (N.Y.)
Pro Audio/Technology: Paul Verna, Editor (N.Y.) than steps in between. Such simple verities have been misperceived band enables its clearer evening signals to rebound off the highly
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ARsasdoioc:i aCteh uEcdk. (LT.aAy.l)o r, Editor (N.Y.) An anecdote often told to herald the maverick merit of the Inter- beyond their home broadcast zones. Most DXers only listened until
Heatseekers Features Editor /Music Video: Carla Hay, Editor (N.Y.) net concerns how Radio B92 in Belgrade, Serbia, went online in they heard a station announcer bark its call letters or slogan before
Financial Reporter: Brian Garrity (N.Y.)
Editorial Assistants: Rashaun Hall (N.Y.) 1996 to continue broadcasting human rights messages after dic- surfing onward for more such antique downloads. Before 1924,
SCpoenctiraibl uCtoorrsre: sCpaotnhdeerinnte: JAipmp leBfeeslds mOalnso n, Fred Bronson, Lisa Collins, tator Slobodan Milosevic shut down its transmitter. radio consumption was primarily by headphones.
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International Editor in Chief: ADAM WHITE have many antecedents, however. An example is the The New York Times in 1922 to be the "most popu-
International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy
International Music Editor: Dominic Pride 1912 saga of the wireless operator /manager of a lar home amusement in America," its rituals akin
IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall BEudsitionre: sTso mEd iFtoerr:g uMsoanr k Solomons Marconi Co. promotional station in Wanamaker's to going online: Listeners sat transfixed beside bat-
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Contributing Editor: Paul Sexton monitoring ship- to -shore reports of the sinking of ly available until 1927) twiddling tuning dials (the
CHARTS & RESEARCH the Titanic. That canny young operator, who was best consoles had five) that were the equivalent of
Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD
Chart Managers: Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock/New Age) Ricardo one of several who captured the humanitarian (and today's computer mouse.
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TMoapr o4n0e / J(aMzozd/Belrune sR),o Wcka/Sdteu dJioe sAsecnti o(nC)o, unGtreyo /fCf oMnatyefmiepldo r(aBriyll bCoharrids tia2n0)0, / Mark emerging technology, was David Sarnoff, later writer's own archives brim with ads for the Cons -
Heatseekers /Catalog), Silvio Pietroluongo (Hot 100/Top 40 Tracks), founder of NBC and chairman of the Marconi Co. rad Portable Radio Receiver, the Rauland- Lyrics
Marc Zubatkin (Video /Classical /Kid Audio, World Music)
CMhaanrat gPerr:o dAurccthioivne MRaenseaagrecrh: Manicdh Raeelt aCilu sCshoanr ts: Alex Vitoulis after it became RCA. All-A merican Transformer ( "The choice of noted
Assistant Chart Production Manager: Gordon Murray The lessons in these tales are that savvy media pro- music critics "), and the Ultradyne Model L -2
AGdismte inSistotrkalatinvde (ANs.Ys.i)s tants: Keith Caulfield (L.A.), Mary DeCroce (Nashville), fessionals in seasoned firms must act decisively, using receiver, the last advertised as a "consistent dis-
SALES the best available technology, to perform a meaning- tance getter. From 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, to 5:10
AAsdsvoecritaistein gP uDbilrieschteorr/sW: oPraldt wJeidnen:i nIgRsW (EINa sKt)O, JRoNdFieE FLrDa ncisco (West) ful service. As chronicled in 105 years of Billboard, as a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Aaron Whitener of La
New York: Evan Braunstein, Michael Lewis, Virginia Lujano well as Leonard Maltin's "The Great American Grange, Texas, logged 72 stations, totaling 69,000
L.A.: Andy Anderson, Diana Blackwell
Nashville: Phil Hart Broadcast" (Dutton, 1997) and Susan J. Douglas' "Lis- miles of reception. The most distant station was
AAddvveerrttiissiinngg CAsosoirsdtainnat:t oSrsta: cHyo Rlliiec uAccdia ms, Evelyn Aszodi, Erica Bengtson tening In: Radio And The American Imagination" Sydney- 9,600 miles away."
CDilraescstiofireieds: : TJraecfyf SWerarlekteter (Times Books, 1999), radio's rise is a parable of lasting Music, much of it live, could be heard on region-
Associate Publisher /International: GENE SMITH import. al radio starting in 1920, but the fine points of tuning and recep-
UAs.Kia./-EPuarcoifpice.:/ ACuhsrtrisatliinae: LCinhdinae tMti,a tIicahn R61e2m m-9e4r 4404- -7 177717 -. 323 -6686 Many think regular radio broadcasting commenced in the 1920s. tion (as heard through solo, twin, or multiple headphones)
Fax: [phone] That's inexact, because it had a vast prehistory analogous to the remained key to the search -and -enjoy experience of radio. Yet the
Japan: Aki Kaneko, 323 -525 -2299
Italy: Lidia Bonguardo, 031 -570056. Fax: [phone] incremental strides of the Internet. So- called "wireless telegra- rest of the future arrived almost immediately: The June 1926 cover
France: Francois Millet, 33 -1- 4549- 2933
Latin America/Miami: Marcia Olival 305 -864 -7578. Fax: [phone] phy," as introduced in 1899 via Guglielmo Marconi's electromag- of Radio Review showed a young woman dancing the Charleston
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MARKETING & LICENSING sands of amateur operators (later called "hams ") who spent the Articles explicating arcane electronic apparatus were now passé.
Associate Publisher: HOWARD APPELBAUM next decade eavesdropping on military Morse codes, railway mes- The medium was speeding toward pure, user -cordial maturity.
Promotion Director: Peggy Altenpohl
Promotion Coordinator: Amy Heller sages, and staticky maritime dispatches. Besides refining and Inside the same issue of Radio Review was an ad for the Chicago
Senior Designer: Melissa Subatch
Assistant Marketing Manager: Corey Kronengold developing their own gear, they also created handsome publica- Salvage Stock Store's new bargain catalog of surplus /outmoded
Special Events Director: Michele Jacangelo Quigley tions that were the forerunners of Wired, the most notable being radio parts.
Special Events Coordinator: Phyllis Demo
Circulation Director: JEANNE JAMIN scientist /hacker Hugo Gernsback's pioneering Modern Electrics Myriad refinements rendered radio technology invisible to
GCirrocuupla tSioanle sP rMoamnoatgioenr: MKaantiaa gDeur:c hLeoirni eD onohue (1908) and its popular successors, Radio News and Radio Review. patrons; its gadgetry had no further gravity. Appropriately, what
Circulation Assistant: Mike Fouratt By 1910, wireless tinkerers on the "electromagnetic ether" had became uppermost in professional and consumer minds was just
PRODUCTION propagated an amateur search network of "DXers" (DX being the intrinsic lure of whatever tangible/ perceptible wares radio
Director of Production & Manufacturing: MARIE R. GOMBERT
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EEddiittoorriiaall PPrroodduuccttiioonn DSuirpeectrovris: oTr:e rArennthceo nCy. TS. aSntadlelirnsg s new "radio" waves it generated, no one thought of broadcasting substance.. The humanity of any cultural medium transcends its
SApsseocciaialst eP Sropdeucciatilosn PrEoddituocr:t ioMn aErcdiait oRr:e Mpinasrck i Giaquinto music until ham operators circa 1919 plopped a gramophone in underlying technologies, and even in the mono -market of a new
Systems/Technology Supervisor: Barry Bishin front of a microphone. Between 1920 and 1922 all broadcasts were millennium, only the quality and meaning of the total presenta-
Senior Composition Technician: Susan Chicola
Composition Technician: Maria Manliclic briefly compelled to share the same interference -fraught wave- tion are what truly matter in the end.
Directories Production Manager: Len Durham
Classified Production Assistant: Gene Williams
NEW MEDIA
Editorial Director: KEN SCHLAGER
B(Nilelbwosa rEdd .)B, uMllaertkin :S oMloimchoanesl (AInmteircnoanteio n(aMl aEnda.g) ing Editor), Carolyn Horwitz Universal Closes A &M Studios Complex
Billboard Online: Julie Taraska (News Editor), Jonathan Cohen (Assistant
Editor), David Wertheimer (Web Site Designer), Sam D. Bell (Sales
Manager), Rachel Vilson (Product Manager)
ADMINISTRATION BY PAUL VERNA Sept. 24.) most of the staff once the new ownership
DBiilslitnrigb:u tBioring eDtteir eWctaolrla: cEed ward Skiba NEW YORK --Tah e A &M Recording Stu- Representatives at Universal and the structure is in place. However, he would
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by parent company Universal Music Group, At press time, the staff of A &M facility.
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New York Washington, D.C. London according to sources. Recording Studios had been reduced to Before it was bought by A &M Records
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212- 764 -7300 202- 783 -3282 44- 20- 7822 -8300 ary, when it purchased PolyGram, which according to sources. In addition, mas- cherished landmarks. It was built in 1917
edit fax [phone] fax [phone] fax: [phone] owned A &M. Since then, industry insid- tering engineer Stephen Marcussen, who by silent film pioneer Charlie Chaplin to
sales fax [phone]
ers have speculated that Universal would had been leasing space at A &M since accommodate his productions. Between
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323- 525 -2300 615 -321 -4290 Although it could not be confirmed at A &M. Dictator," and his last picture, "Limelight."
fax [phone] fax [phone]
press time, several sources say the Jim The complex consists of four record- In the '50s and '60s, the space went
To Subscribe call USA: 800 -745 -8922, Europe: [phone]
International: 740- 382 -3322 Henson Co. is in the process of purchas- ing /mixing studios, one mixing room, and through a series of owners and tenants
ing the building and the lot where the stu- several mastering suites. The staff of the and became home to such popular TV
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21-2 - 53-6 -1 402, sbell @billboard.com dio resides. However, according to latter department included chief engineer series as "Superman" and "Perry Mason."
sources, the deal does not include the Dave Collins and engineers Alan Yoshida, A &M founders Herb Alpert and Jerry
PRESIDENT: Howard Lander A &M name, the business itself, or all of Pat Sullivan, Stewart Whitmore, and An- Moss purchased the lot in 1966 and used
Vice Presidents: Howard Appelbaum, Marie the equipment within. (Sources say two drew Garver. it as the headquarters for A &M Records
Gombert, Irwin Kornfeld, Karen Oertley, Ken consoles were removed by Universal offi- Rutledge says he plans to stay on board and A &M Recording Studios, which
Billboard Music Group Schlager, Joellen Sommer, Adam White cials prior to the closing, which occurred running the studio and hopes to rehire included recording and mastering rooms.
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ADULT CONTEMPORARY 90 sics from Savoy. direct -to -video market booms
* I WANT IT THAT WAY BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE 61 In the Spirit: Brent Jones with franchise titles. 86 Classifieds
* ADULT TOP 40 90 concocts a winning combination PROGRAMMING 103 Hot 100 Singles Spot-
SHE'S SO HIGH TAL BACHMAN COWMBIA of hip -hop and gospel. light: Mariah Carey and Jay- Z's
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DANCE / MAXI -SINGLES SALES 63 Songwriters & Publish- for the first time on The Billboard
S * HEARTBREAKER 40 ers: Ann Ruckert's indie compi- 200.
MARIAH CAREY FEATURING JAY- Z COLUMBIA lation hits the right note. 107 This Week's Billboard
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* HEARTBREAKER 37 Albums from Garth Brooks As toward a digital future. Carey ties the Beatles for number
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I WANT IT ALL WARREN G FEATURING MACK 10 GFUNK Burt Bacharach are in the spot- tribute concert. 108 Homefront: The Inter-
ROCK / M* AINSTREAM ROCK TRACKS 91 light. INTERNATIONAL national Buyer's Guide is now
HIGHER CREED WIND -UP 34 R &B: Dru Hill's Sisqo pre- 69 The British Assn. of Record available online.
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* TOP VIDEO SALES 84 Sees Pitfalls Undervaluing Music
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT U.N. Of
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* BILLY BLANKS: TAE -BO WORKOUT VENTURA DISTRIBUTION 85 terms with a decline in sales, the U.K. situation we find ourselves in: record lives in a way that very few things do.
MUSIC VIDEO SALES marketplace continues to grow. Recent companies chasing sales; retailers com- Music is special to people, and believe it
DI * SWEET SWEET SPIRIT 80 figures from the British Phonographic peting with one another; the threat of or not, they expect to pay more for cer-
HOMECOMING FRIENDS SPRING HILL VIDEO Industry once again show an increase in tain music in certain circumstances.
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come by and that targets are tougher to Lonely Hearts Club Band," being sold in
achieve. U.K. stores at 9.99 pounds ($15.98) more
No, 1 ON THIS WEEK'S UNPUBLISHED CHARTS I think this stems from one main rea- often than not; and it confuses the hell
CLASSICAL son-we are undervaluing music. The Tony Wadsworth is president /CEO of out of consumers, who don't understand
* ARIA - THE OPERA ALBUM ANDREA BOCELLI PHILIPS price of CDs to the consumer is lower EMI Records U.K. and Eire. why legendary albums such as "Sgt. Pep-
CLASSICAL CROSSOVER now in real terms than it was 10 years per" or Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of
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JAZZ at the record company level or at retail. putting a downward pressure on price. most CDs are overpriced, and that's no
* WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES DIANA KRALL VERVE Store rents are not going the same way But the net result is we are under- (Continued on page 74)
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BY CARLA HAY the DGC imprint, has since been Tom Whalley.
NEW YORK- In what appears to assimilated into a hybrid label group In an unusual arrangement,
be a dramatic revival of a label that called Interscope/ Geffen /A &M. Schur will retain ownership of Flip BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK Morissette's 1999 tour was sponsored
some industry observers had Releases from the remaining while assuming the helm at Geffen. LOS ANGELES -Lack of interest by MP3.com.
believed was on its way to extinc- Geffen acts- including Hole, Rob Schur tells Billboard, "I'm very from its affiliated music labels has led "Chuck made the proposal," says
tion, Geffen Records has appointed Zombie, Count- fortunate that I've been allowed to Warner Bros.' film division to make the LeMel, "but what impressed us was
Jordan Schur as its new president. ing Crows, Beck, still own Flip. I'll still be working soundtrack for "Three Kings" avail- that MP3.com gets 400,000 hits a
"Geffen Records is back, and I Lisa Loeb, Guns with the acts currently on Flip's able only on the Internet. day"
want it to be everything it was and N'Roses, an-d roster," which include rock bands MP3.com and CDnow will be the CDnow was chosen because Warn-
more," says Jordan Schur, who is Peter Gabriel Limp Bizkit, Staind, and Dope. exclusive retailers for two different er is currently in negotiations to pur-
the founder and president of Los are being worked Flip signs separate 50/50 joint soundtrack albums from the film that chase 37.5% of that company. Warn-
Angeles -based Flip Records (Bill - on by Interscope venture deals with record compa- will be available Oct. 1, the opening day er Bros. parent Time Warner, along
boardBrilletin, Sept. 30). staffers. nies for the promotion, marketing, of the George Clooney /Mark with Sony, have agreed to merge
Following the merger of Univer- Sources say SCHUR and distribution of its acts on a Wahlberg /Ice Cube /Spike Jonze Gulf their Columbia House record club
sal/PolyGram, the Universal- owned that the execu- case -by -case basis. For example, War drama. with CDnow (Billboard, July 24).
Geffen experienced massive down- tive reporting structure for Schur Limp Bizkit is on Flip /Interscope, The CDnow "Three Kings" product Warner Bros. director of business
sizing of its staff and artist roster is still being discussed. The execu- Staind is on Flip /Elektra, and Dope will consist of seven songs and five and legal affairs Dan Butler says
(Billboard, Jan. 30). Its former tive, who will continue to be based is on Flip /Epic. tracks from the film score and will be both CDnow and MP3.com will han-
president, Bill Bennett, and former in Los Angeles, says that in his new "There will be new management priced at $11.99. For dle manufacturing
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most of the label's staffers. Field (co- chairmen of Inter - sure who it will be yet." He adds that adds on two experiment, The Warner Bros.
Most of the label's acts were also scope/ Geffen /A &M Records) and that he will continue to be a key movie trailers and an logo will appear on
dropped, and Geffen, which includes Interscope /Geffen/ A &M president (Continued on page 107) interview with co -star and we packaging, along
Ice Cube, conducted with either the
by fellow cast mem- couldn't have CDnow or MP3.com
ber and famed music logo.
video director Jonze. gotten it out in Butler says that
MIDEM's Fair MP3.com will also Warner has reserved
offer a free download time any other the right to release
of the score track the albums to retail if
For Americas "The Gold," by way' the sites cannot han-
"Three Kings" com- dle the volume of
poser Carter Burwell. - DAN BUTLER - sales.
Is Postponed "There was not a But CDnow senior
tremendous amount manager of custom
BY MARK SOLOMONS of enthusiasm from our labels to put CDs Julie MacKinnon says the com-
LONDON -The postponement by at out a soundtrack from the film," says pany can produce up to 2,000 units
least a year of the next MIDEM Gary LeMel, president of Warner per day and can have unlimited
Americas trade fair -originally Bros. worldwide music and CEO of capacity within 24 hours through
scheduled for next June in Miami Warner Sunset Records, "and this is partnerships with other manufac-
Beach- has already kicked up a stir the chance to be first with something. turers. MP3.com says it can produce
in the international Latin music com- We thought it was a good opportunity." 2,400 per day, scaling up to 3,000 if
munity, whose interests the show was The Martell Cup Overflows For Charity. The 1999 Martell Cup Golf Tourna- The deal came about, LeMel says, needed.
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MIDEM clients to this year's The albums will be sold at the sites
until the end of the year, and it is
revamped and renamed show.
34-R yMeOar, -wolhdi cahn nruunasl mMuIsDicE Mfa,i rt hine Grammy A wards Box Co cers 5 Decades utrnaldikiteiolyn tahle rye twaiilll, eBvuetrl ebre sraeylse.a sed at
Cannes, had hoped to export that Both CDnow and MP3.com will
show's success by attracting main- cross -promote the availability of the
stream exhibitors and delegates to BY MELINDA NEWMAN name on, and could we have enough Fitzgerald, with a 1938 recording of two albums.
its principal U.S. event, previously LOS ANGELES -Five decades of genres represented so that someone "A- Tisket A- Tasket," and Duke Tower Records chairman Russ
billed as MIDEM Latin America & Grammy honorees will be repre- who really got into this package felt Ellington & His Orchestra, with a Solomon says that even though the
Caribbean. - sented with the release of "The like they heard a good representa- 1941 performance of "Take The `A' deal was made outside of the music
Meanwhile, Teddy Bautista Ultimate Grammy Box" Nov 16 on tion of modern American music over Train." division, it is unfair.
chairman of Spanish authors rights' Grammy Recordings /Columbia/ the last two- thirds of this century? Greene says that all five major "If they don't want to give it to
body SGAE and last year's MIDEM Legacy. "The toughest part was narrow- record companies agreed to license retail, that's one thing," he says, "but
Americas Man of the Year -had "We've been working on this project ing it down," he continues. "It was a tracks, although he admits, "We it's not fair that all Internet dealers
already referred to the postpone- for about three years," says Michael Sophie's choice. We started with found ourselves in a position where don't get it." Like many other brick-
ment at a public meeting Sept. 24 in Greene, president/CEO of the Nation- 1,000 recordings." they didn't want to be in competition and- mortar merchants, Tower also
Madrid. al Academy of Recording Arts and Greene says he put the project out with some of their boxed sets. How- operates an online retail site.
Reflecting the level of concern in Sciences (NARAS), the organization to bid and ultimately decided on ever, I think the collection is even- Butler says time constraints made
the burgeoning Latin market outside responsible for the Grammys. Columbia /Legacy because "they handed." limited Internet distribution the best
the Americas, another MIDEM The four- CD, 73 -track boxed set came back with the best partnership He also notes that he had to over- possible option.
Americas stalwart, Alberto Segura, features performances by artists deal." Columbia representatives did come people's perception that each "This is an experiment, and we
president of Spanish -based label who have either won a Grammy since not return calls by press time. genre was getting too little play. couldn't have gotten it out in time any
Manzana Discos, told Billboard he the award ceremony's inception in While Greene's original idea for "Once people got over the shock that other way," he says. "We delivered the
feared that the uncertainty might be 1958 or have been voted into the set, which has a suggested list I was asking for a very limited rep- record master to them on Monday
overtaken by events. NARAS' Hall of Fame, which was price of $49.98, was to include all of resentation of the genres, people [Sept. 27], and it will be released on
"If RMO does not get a move on to established in 1973. the song- and record -of- the -year were looking at all the recordings Oct. 1."
sort this out, then the focus for Lati- "When you look at the Grammy winners, "some of it was just real and seeing how they could add to the The soundtrack's songs are Public
no music is likely to move to Cuba, winners and the Hall of Famers, it's tough to license," he says. fabric of the collection." Enemy's "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya
with its annual Cubadisco trade fair a compelling list," says Greene. "We Among the tracks on the set are NARAS' portion of the proceeds Man "; "I Just Want To Celebrate"
[held each May]," he says. started looking at the feasibility of "Volare" by Domenico Modugno, from sales of the set will go to its from Rare Earth; the Beach Boys' "I
Segura adds that the show had putting such a collection together, winner of both record and song of charity arm, MusiCares. "A large Get Around "; Lee Greenwood's "God
generated distribution deals in and there were a couple of really the year in 1958; Mariah Carey's portion of that money will go to the Bless The USA'; Plastic Bertrand's
Europe and Latin America for Man- important things: Could we put out "Vision Of Love "; and Marvin Gaye's assisted living facility that we'll "Stop Ou Encore "; Snap!'s "The
zana's Cuban -artist- only Eurotropi- something in four CDs that we could "What's Going On." Hall of Fame break ground for early next year," Power "; and a song from a tradition-
(Continued on page 103) feel good about putting the Grammy inductees represented include Ella (Continued on page 24) al Iraqi group.
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Changes At LIFEbeat
Int'I Optimistic At Confab
DMG
SFX's Slater Assumes Presidency
BY KAI R. LOFTHUS Levendis, Windham Hill interna- trying to reinforce our company,
MONTREUX, Switzerland -A tional marketing VP Nancy Farb - in terms of increasing our effi- BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA Additionally, he is looking to ex-
recovering Asia -Pacific region, a man, BMG Music Canada presi- ciency further and streamlining NEW YORK- Mitch Slater, exec- pand the number of clubs /venues/
string of U.S. chart successes, dent Lisa Zbitnew, Bad Boy the organization to make room for utive VP of SFX Entertainment artist tours that institute a ticket
and a revived A &R presence in Entertainment executive VP Jeff the repertoire to come." and co- president /co -CEO of surcharge to benefit the organiza-
both local and international mar- Burroughs, BMG Classics man- He said he had briefed the DelsenerSlater, has assumed the tion. Slater points to the
kets contributed to a strong cor- aging director Lars Toft, and attending delegates about devel- added role of president of H.O.R.D.E. and Lilith Fair tours
porate spirit at BMG Entertain- LaFace Records chairman /presi- opments in three particular loca- LIFEbeat, the not -for- profit music (on certain dates), as well as New
ment International's managing dent Antonio L.A. Reid. tions "where we knew we had to industry AIDS -relief organization. York's Irving Plaza, as being fore-
directors' meeting Sept. 27 -30 at At recent such conventions, improve " -Japan, France, and According to LIFEbeat's execu- runners in this area. Says Slater,
Le Montreux Palace. which are held twice yearly, the U.K. "In all three cases, tive director, Tim Rosta, a New "Rod Stewart was very helpful this
Less than a week before the Gassner has stressed the impor- there's a new management, and York charter stipulates that not - year. We were able to raise
confab, BMG parent Bertelsmann tance of developing local artists we have drastically reduced the for- profit organizations are $100,000 from his tour alone."
reported record revenue growth, within all BMG companies, espe- artist roster to be able to focus required to have term limits for Slater also wants to "re- estab-
also with a slight increase at its cially because the deal to license much better." board presidents and officers. lish LIFEbeat's board of directors,
entertainment division, and the repertoire from and distribute The meeting gathered some 100 A six -year member of LIFEbeat's re- energize everybody, and get
highest level of investment in its for the pre- merger Universal senior executives from 40 coun- board of directors, Slater replaces everybody focused."
corporate history. The music com- Music expired earlier this year. tries and was principally geared industry veteran Daniel Glass, exec- Slater says he'll expand LIFE -
pany's focus is now firmly on "We have always known we toward presenting key upcoming utive VP of Artemis Records, who beat's board by "bringing in new
repertoire development, following have lived on borrowed time," the releases and priority product for had held the position since the orga- and influential members of the
a period of corporate upheaval. executive told Billboard during the remaining months of 1999. nization's inception seven years ago. music industry to further the orga-
BMG Entertainment chairman the confab. "In the last few years The conference featured live Glass will continue to nization's reach and
Michael Dornemann, BMG we have been telling everybody to showcases by Robyn, Lou Bega, serve on LIFEbeat's proLmIinFenEceb."e at's
Entertainment president/ CEO focus on developing domestic So Pra Contrariar, Gotthard, board of directors.
Strauss Zelnick, and BMG Enter- repertoire and take advantage of Thomas Helmig, Vertical Horizon, "I'll work as hard board of directors
tainment International presi- a distribution deal with Universal Lyte Funkie Ones, Denyce on the board as I did now includes Jerry
dent /CEO Rudi Gassner were but not count on it for good. We Graves, Lucio Dalla, and Patrick as president," says Blair, senior VP of
among those who addressed del- measure our companies very Bruel. Foo Fighters, who had Glass. "I'm as pas- Columbia Records
egates. Other attendees included much on their performance with been scheduled to entertain dele- sionate as ever about Group and senior
RCA Records president Bob domestic repertoire." gates at a closing event Sept. 29, raising awareness VP of national pro-
Jamieson, BMG Distribution and Gassner said that the message canceled their performance after about AIDS. I'm motion for Colum-
BMG Associated Labels presi- he hoped to convey to delegates the band's bass player temporari- committed to beat- bia; John Sykes,
dent /CEO Pete Jones, Arista was "that we have done an enor- ly fell ill. ing this terrible S LA TER president of VH1;
Records international VP George mous job in the last 12 months in (Continued on page 24) plague." Judy McGrath,
Says Rosta, "Words can't president of MTV; Denise Rich,
express my gratitude to Daniel. songwriter and president of DV8
Early on, he was the individual Records; Hilary Rosen, presi-
who opened doors that seemed dent /CEO of the Recording Indus-
TLC, MP3com Sign Marketing Pact closed to those of us on the front try Assn. of America; John "Jelly-
lines of the AIDS crisis. He helped bean" Benitez, president of
facilitate contact with important Jellybean Recordings; Mel Cher -
BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK for will award backstage passes. executives in the industry. He's en, president of West End
and GAIL MITCHELL 'We're looking "The tour sponsorship is a mar- been selfless." Records; and actress/ author/ model
LOS ANGELES -TLC has signed a opportunities keting initiative, so we're looking for More specifically, Rosta notes Veronica Webb.
two -year marketing agreement with opportunities which can give us the that Glass was instrumental in Upcoming LIFEbeat- sponsored
MP3.com that includes a number of which can give us widest exposure," Robertson says. securing talent like Jon Secada, events include a post- concert party
elements, including tour sponsorship "It's not limited to specific acts or Gloria Estefan, Seal, Jewel, and (part of the organization's
and the kickoff of a new charity the widest genres." Melissa Etheridge, among others, AFTERparties series) with Lus-
download program (BillboardBul- Commenting on the TLC and for fund -raising events. cious Jackson at the Coup
letin, Sept. 28). exposure' MP3.com alliance, a LaFace Slater, whose expertise is in pro- bar /restaurant in New York on
The deal, which was made without spokesman says, "LaFace has many ducing and promoting live shows, Monday (4) and its first sports and
the direct involvement of the trio's - MICHAEL ROBERTSON - artists, and we pursue cross -mar- says he will "certainly concentrate music memorabilia auction at New
label, LaFace, according to sources, keting opportunities with them all. on raising money and awareness in York's Ohm club on Nov. 9.
includes MP3.com's sponsorship of However, as LaFace was not visibly the touring world." Additionally, a breakfast benefit
the trio's upcoming tour, which mer and is sponsoring the upcoming involved in this, we cannot comment. He confirms that LIFEbeat will honoring Ron Delsener is sched-
begins Oct. 13 in Ottawa. Destiny's Goo Goo Dolls /Tonic tour. However, LaFace does and will con- continue its successful outreach uled for Nov 3 at New York's newly
Child is also on the bill for the U.S. Other co- marketing elements of tinue to embrace cross -marketing program at various clubs and con- remodeled Russian Tea Room. At
portion. MP3.com did not disclose the the TLC deal include links between opportunities." cert venues. "We need to seriously the event, Delsener will be award-
financial terms of the pact. the MP3.com and TLC sites, early TLC's management company is get the word out about our Zero ed the first -ever Bob Caviano
In addition, the deal initiates a new ticket availability for TLC concert New York- based Diggit! Entertain- Transmission 2001 campaign," he award. The late Caviano founded
corporate giving program for dates on MP3.com, and contests that ment. says. LIFEbeat in 1992.
MP3.com, called Dime- a- Download,
where the company will donate a
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download starting Sept. 27. An end RECORD COMPANIES. Jay Durgan is Shawn Vitas is named a con-
date has not been set. appointed senior VP of interna- troller for Dorian Recordings. He
TLC has chosen the Sickle Cell tional for Universal Music Group in was a senior accountant for Von Roll
Disease Assn. of America as the ben- Los Angeles. He was senior VP of Isola.
eficiary. Group member Tionne "T- international for PolyGram Holding
Boz" Watkins has been diagnosed Inc. PUBLISHERS. Jennifer Insogna is
with the disease. To kick off the new Michael Bessolo is promoted to promoted to senior VP of general
program, MP3.com has donated senior VP of marketing for Walt Dis- and copyright administration for
$25,000 to the association. ney Records in Burbank, Calif. He DURGAN BESSOLO TAYLOR GONZALEZ EMI Music Publishing in New York.
The Dime -a-D ownload program, was VP of marketing. She was VP of general and copyright
though, is open to any artist interest- Nancy Taylor is appointed VP of Greg Marella is promoted to Palmetto Records names Patrick administration.
ed in earmarking a specific charity. business and legal affairs for Arista national director of promotion for Rustici executive VP/ GM, Terence
MP3.com chairman/ CEO Michael Records in New York. She was work- MCA Records in Universal City, Coen VP of promotion, and Carmey RELATED FIELDS. Richard Lobel is
Robertson says the tour and the ing in private practice. Calif. He was the Los Angeles re- Ground director of retail in New named VP of marketing and media
charity tie -in are part of a new cor- Veronica Gonzalez is named VP gional promotion director. York. They were, respectively, a con- communications for SFX Enter-
porate marketing strategy that he of product development for Caliente Andrea Craig is promoted to sultant with PR Consultants, GM of tainment in New York. He was
plans to expand to other artists. The Entertainment in New York. She process manager for Rhino Records Pure Records, and A &R assistant of account director of global advertis-
company presented Alanis Moris- was label manager at Luaka Bop in Los Angeles. She was assistant to international for Warner/ Reprise ing for Calvin Klein Inc. /CRK
sette and Tori Amos' tour this sum- Records. the senior VP of marketing. Nashville. Advertising.
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