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This is the third in a series of articles from the leaders of the Canadian music industry. Inthese articles the people at the helm of the industry are expressing .heir outlook and theiropinions regarding the domestic industry. In the weeks to come, we hope to print commentsfrom every Canadian -minded record company.

THE AGE OF COMING OF AGE

From the guiding hands of their par-ents, through the birthpangs of home en-tertainment designed to continue in the'Old Country', to the arrival of televisionand the revolt of the teenager against con-tinuing in the rustic ways of their fore-fathers has been the musical story ofETHNIC CANADA.

Now strong in their new found talents,our teenagers are creating a truly Cana-dian identity through their musical abili-ties.

True, they have to start somewhere.True, they may sound like someone, but donot underestimate their pioneering spirit.They mean to win and, in my opinion,CANNOT LOSE.

The battle of identity is over. We nowhave a Canada with its ethnic minoritiesslowly being absorbed by Canadianism.

French Canada too has greatly contri-buted to the change. French Canadianteenagers laud their homespun musicalheroes to the merry tune of hit singlesales of up to ONE HUNDRED ANDFIFTY THOUSAND, to the detriment ofwell known recording artists from France!Truly this is THE AGE OF COMING OFAGE!

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRADEIt takes the drive of many facets of

the industry, who can truly appreciatethe situation, to throw in their lot withthe younger generation.

Much is being done by major recordingcompanies, by trade magazines, such asRPM, but much is lacking in the co-ordina-tion (or co-operation) of many radio sta-tions in firing their public with the newCanadian identity, the commercial Cana-dian product! It amazes me to think howmany Canadian DJs swell with pridewhen introducing a brand new record totheir audience, which is already a hit inthe USA or Britian. How do they think thishit was made but by the concentratedefforts of record companies, managerialstaff, trade papers and DJs in these coun-tries.

While in Canada, the Canadian producthas time and again had great localizedsuccess but little play or recognition

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THE SOUND WAS POOR

In the past, DJs have cried "Thesound is poor, it does not compare withan American or British production". Thiswas true, but not today. The sound com-ing from the studios of Stereo Sound andRCA Victor in Montreal and Hallmark andRCA Victor in Toronto is more than corn-parible with productions from the USA orBritian.

U.S.A. ACCEPTANCE

As recently as July of this year MacWiseman, a well known country entertainerfrom the USA, asked me if I would A & Ran LP session for him with all Canadiancountry musicians. He was astounded atthe Bluegrass sound we obtained on ouralbums. Needless to say, in the interestof the industry (since the album was beingproduced for another company for releasein the USA and Canada) I agreed but onlyif Mac recorded nothing but the worksof Canadian composers. Mac accepted thecompromise and the session was a tremen-dous success. Perhaps this will prove thatNashville is not, after all, the start andfinish of Country Music.

It is more than probable that countryDJs will play this album because of theWiseman name, little realizing that in itsentirety it is purely the new CanadianSound!

WHAT IS THE ANSWER?

What is the answer to the DJ problemin Canada? Who knows? Many have notreached THE AGE OF COMING OF AGE.Those who have, are fighting the samebattle we have been fighting for years.OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THECANADIANSCENE.

We believe our contribution to the Cana-dian trade and musical scene has beenboth far seeing and practical. I doubt ifany company will deny that we wereamong the first to prove that Canadiantalent (almost unknown) could be mer-chandised in LP form. We paved the wayand more interest was taken by majorcompanies in this market. This benefitsthe Canadian artist.

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Many well known names in the record-ing industry have had their start withRodeo Records namely, Lucille Starr, HalWillis, Stu Phillips and many others.

Since 1951, through its ever increasingnumber of brand names,i.e. Banff, Campus,Caprice, Celtic, Europa, Melbourne, RodeoInternational and Citadel, the companyboasts 99% Canadian content.

This in itself, is proof positive of ournever ending faith in the future of theCanadian artist.

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Peace Rivers ChuckBenson, CKYL and thePeace Country (DawsonCreek and High Prairie)gave a big northern wel-come to The King Beezfrom Edmonton. Next inline comes Eddie Hod-ges with his first tripnorth. New at CKYL isDon Ewart formerly withPenticton Radio.Smith Falls: Stew Pater-son recently guestedtravellin' man SandyGardiner on his CJETshow. This being the

10th year of operation for 'ET a "Pot OfGold" contest has been set in motionwith prizes including a trip for two tothe Barbados courtesy Air Canada plusmany other valuable prizes.

Bridgewater: Graham Hart breaks thenews that Roy Geldart has left CKBW forCFNB Fredericton. Local recording group,Walt and The Satans have been gaining inpopularity throughout the area with theirrelease of "Maybe One Day".

Kingston: Gary Parr of CKLC hosteddie Nov. 12 Queens University gig withrecording artists Caesar and The Consulsand The Ardels looking after the musicalend of things.

Saskatoon: Ray Nickel, CKOM after-noon spinner, finds there is a lot of inter-est lately in a local group known as The125 Rivieras. This group has been gettinga big assist from the gang at 'OM. Theyrecently cut a tape and had such great re-sponse that plans are now underway tomake it marketable. Record people inter-ested please contact Ray.

Lakehead: John Murphy of CKPR sendsnews that CJRL Kenora and CKDR Drydenhave become a part of the CKPR opera-tion. Bryan Williams moves from CJRL toall -nice slot at CKPR. Ron Cook movesfrom CKRC Winnipeg to take over as salesrep at CKPR. Dick Wilson was named Dee -jay of the week on CBC-TV's "Frank'sBandstand" out of Halifax. Murph wouldlike to get in touch with ex-CKGM'r GeorgeMorris thought to be somewhere in B.C.Johnny now does a daily stint on the boobtube as commercial announcer and straight'man for Marc Lacosse on CKPR-TV's"TV Bingo".

Winnipeg: How to beef up interest inJunior hockey in five easy Fridays. That'sthe chore that Doc Steen and CKRC haveundertaken. This is a promotion in asso-ciation with the Manitoba JHL which willrun from ice -on time to the Easter holi-days. Over this period of time five Fri-days have been selected for an after -the -game "Hockey Hop" featuring a differentband each nice. Those attending try for aweekly prize of a tape machine and grandprize of one week in England with a CKRCchaperone, Doc Steen.

Medicine Hat: Nineteen hours and onlyfour announcers to do it. CHAT announ-cers Ted Hockaday and Wayne Craven.both have six to seven hour air shifts.Shortest shift is the regular three hourmorning bit. "C'est Un Secret" by2

Michel Louvain and "Tout Ce ReauPasse" by Comte Richard Valente aretwo French records getting good actionin the Hat. Lynda Layne's newie "IDon't Want To Go" gets the nod fromlocal teeners.

Peterboro: News from Pete Bennetton the giant CKPT Super Shopping Spill.One winner each week shops free 3, 6, or9 minutes depending on number of proofsof purchase from contributing sponsors,Red Rose Tea, Cream of Wheat and DadsCookies.

Newest CHEX-MATE is Sam Pricemoving in from CFOR. Bruce Andersontakes over the morning show, now Break-fast with Bruce. Ken Kirkley puts them tobed.

Regina: Eight year veteran of CKCK"Porky's Inn", Porky Charbonneau exitsfor the country music show on CKY Winni-peg. Ron Barnes leaves CKXL Calgaryto take over the 4-6PM slot. CK's Satur-day Afternoon Dance Club begins it'sthird year at the local "Y". Membershipalready exceeds 1000. Hosting thesesuccessful dances are The Jolly GreenGiant and Woody. The Third annual foot-ball fling was another success for 'CKwith Loreen Church and The CanadianDownbeats making with the entertain-ment.

The Soo: Halloween at CKCY-FMbrought back the Orsen Wells' play"War of the Worlds" along with classicalmusic including "Danse Macabre" and"The Sorcerer's Apprentice". A coupleof hair-raising radio plays brought theghost nice to a close. The AM outletwent along with the same type of pro-gramming with more of the MOT thrown infor car -huggers. New afternoon man isScott Alexander from CKGB with LaneCunningham moving in for all -nice fromCKMR Newcastle.

Vernon: From Robbie Dunn at CJIBcomes news of the Bobby Curtola Contest.Winner receives the entire 45 rpm Curtolacollection. CJIB also moves up to 10,000watts.

Hamilton: Jack Stephen's CKOC "Cof-fee" Club now boasts 9,000 members.Mike Jaycock recommends the Tom LehrerLP "That Was The Year That Was" asone of the funniest of the season.

Toronto: The After FourPop Poll (Telegramsupplement) drew greatresponse from readers.Bobby Curtola took TheMac (Bob McAdoreycreation) for Top Cana-dian Performer. TheGuess Who was votedTop Canadian Group."My Girl Sloopy" bythe Consuls made it forTop Canadian ProducedDisc. Best Group - TheBeatles, Best FemaleVocalist - Patty Duke ,

Male Vocalist - Bob Dylan and Best Re-cord of 1965 - "Satisfaction".

Bob Gray, Manager of the Toronto stu-dios of RCA Victor announces the appoint-ment of Ed Benou to the newly createdpost of Program Manager for the expandedRecord Services Studios of RCA Victor.Mr. Benou comes to Canada from Brazilwhere he was in charge of recording andmanufacturing of RCA Victor products inthis important South American centre.

Since going it alone, Pam Fernie, lateof the Courriers, has had success aftersuccess. She interrupted her singing careerto take a swing at acting and this tooturned out to be a move in the right direc-tion. Pam is currently appearing in "Cin-dy" a miniature, off-Broadway musical atthe Hydro Theatre. Audiences have re -

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Ottawa: News from Sandy Gardinerthat The Townsmen, a new Ottawa groupcurrently under contract to Dasanda Pro-ductions will be cutting their first forPhonodisc. Les Emmerson and VernCraig of The Staccatos gave the group ahand by supplying one of the numbers.The Staccatos completed their sides foran album release titled "Initially TheStaccatos".

Melbourne, Australia: Ron Gillespieof W & G Record Processing Co., 185 aBeckett St., would be interested in hear-ing from Canadian companies with Cana-dian pop talent available. W & G have re-leased material by The Guess Who andThe Regents, good examples of materialsuitable for down under buyers.

The 1965 Annual Swing Set PopularityPoll awarded Gord Atkinson of CFRA thebest in DJs and The Staccatos as thefavourite Canadian group.

Dear Walt,Just a little note to

bring you up on thehappenings of Canada'sNo. one group, "TheGuess Who's".

Currently on tourdoing one nightersthrough the EasternSeaboard of the US andthe mighty Mid -West.The boys have had avery busy summer andone that has helpedthem gain a tremendousamount of experience

that has helped them to become a realpolished and exciting act on personalappearances.

The boys have had the pleasure oftouring and playing with some of the bignames in the industry, such as, The Kings -men, Barbara Mason, Eddie Hodges, DionDiMucci, The Turtles, Sam The Sham andThe Pharoahs, Chuck Jackson, MaxineBrown, The Crystals and many more. Youcan understand now, why the boys havegained the experience that I mentionedearlier.

One thing you might be interested inWalt is their observations while in the USIt would appear as far as the boys canascertain that the recording industry ingeneral are looking to Canada for the nextbig sound. Judging by what has been re-leased over the last six months here inCanada, by Canadian artists this is nottoo far in the future from being accomp-lished. Another thing Walt, no matterwhere the boys go and they are beingbilled as from Canada, they are treatedroyally. Believe me, they find this verygratifying. In most cases, they are a longway from home.

As you know Walt, The Guess Who'slast three recordings have reached theTop Five in your National ratings, forwhich they are very grateful, and haveasked me to extend their most heartfeltthanks.

We have in the next week a new singlecoming out, which appears to be the

strongest thing they have ever done. Itis called "Use Your Imagination", and Ithink you'll go for it, but if not, we can'twin them all. I do know this, that theCanadian Broadcasting industry will giveit a fair chance as it has all their otherrecordings.

Walt, the one thing that we as Cana-dians are so very proud of, is, that it allhappened here first. .:anada and QualityRecords gave these kids the shot in thearm that has taken them to 33 foreigncountries around the world. Their lastthree singles and their first LP have beenreleased from one end of the world to theother, mind you in not all countries, andmaybe this will help all other Canadiangroups to make the breakthrough. We allcertainly hope so.

Another nice thing Walt is, that thesereleases are entirely Canadian produc-tions. We use no other musicians than theboys. I produce all their recording sess-ions, and it is handled by an all CanadianRecord Company, Quality. We have en-deavoured to maintain this and we feelreal proud we have been able to do so.

Recently, we have been using thefacilities of Scepter Records studio inNew York, only because of the facilities,but we all make the trip down there. Noone else has anything to do with thesessions.

In closing, may I say, as their manager,thank you for all the courtesies extendedin the past and to say we will do our bestnot to let the Canadian Recording Indus-try down and all who have worked so hardto put it where it is.

I remain,Bob Burns,

Manager -Producer, "The Guess Who's"11111111111111111111111111111111111111111Glen Walters, one of the most successfulToronto radio personalities, would like toget back into radio. He can be reached at17 The Moorelands, Dunbarton, Ont. Tele-phone: 282-1454.

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= few months Port Arthur, Montreal, NewEYork and Ottawa have become Bigland booked and now finally Winnipeg has= been conquered. Little Caesar and The Consuls have set a date with Harferd Pro-= ductions for an appearance Dec. 4th in= Winnipeg. They will be flying in that= morning and are looking forward to a full day of record and TV promotion before= their performance.= COMING HOME: After almost four monthsEof night club engagements abroad the= Du-Kanes are returning home to Toronto= and Oshawa for a weekend of one nightE N shows. All their dates were very success-= ful and they will off touring again by Nov.= 15.= NEW RECORD RELEASES IN THE BIG -

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Finally had that longawaited dinner withKenny Chandler a fewnights ago. He couldn'tstop raving about theway he was receivedby the Canadian aud-iences. I hope to havea copy of his "Heart"record in my hands bythe end of this week.I'll bet it shows actionin Canada and is a bigseller for Kenny in theUS...Looking like the

704144eig star he is destined tobe, Kenny Brooks informs me that he'sjust been signed by Don Costa Produc-tions. Remember his name...Receiveda note from Van Trevor telling me thatClaridge Records will release his re-cord, "Christmas In Washington Square",any day now. I heard the record and itis deserving of many plays...Had achance to talk to Lou Johnson in personand tell him how nice it is to see himback on the charts with "A Time ToLove and A Time To Cry".

Leslie Uggams will have her first RCAVictor release out this week ...DustySpringfield just recorded the Baby Wash-ington hit of a couple of years ago,"That'sHow Heartaches Are Made"... RobertHorton will record a country/western al-bum in Nashville... Murray ',The K"Kaufman's first Atlantic release is en-titled "It's What's Happening Baby". .. .

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new session and will attempt to go intoa new groove...The Toys record theirfollow-up to "A Lover's Concerto" thisweek ... Timi Yuro's next release willprobably be a revival of a country songthat was big not to,; long ago... HowieKane (a member of Jay and The Ameri-cans) is a partner in Cloud 9 Produc-tions ... Buddy Greco will record "TenLittle Indians" movi,? theme.

Tin Pan Alley is talking about SammyDavis, Jr's. autobiography. I'm naturallyreferring to the book "Yes I Can", whichis now in its fourth printing and is theNo.2 best selling non-fiction book in theUS.

Waiting to break big on the charts"Over and Over" by The Dave ClarkFive. "I Got You" by James Brown anda brand new one by Jay and The Ameri -cans, "Sunday and Me"... It's been outquite a while, but it now looks like"Misty" by The Vibrations is on it'sway ...Clyde McPhatters' switch to Amycould result in his first smash in a longtime. He really goes to town with "Every-body's Fool"...Dee Dee Warwick has ar & b hit that could go pop in Got ToGet Hold Of Myself"... Johnny Tillot-son's "Our World" is going strong in manyareas as is "Mother Nature, Father Time"by Brook Benton...The good music sta-tions are leaning on Tony Bennett's ver-sion of "Theme from The Sandpiper".

Have you noticed how much FaronYoung's ("I Don't Know You Anymore")sounds like Nancy Wilson? ...Don't con-fuse Ed Ames "Melinda" with Wendy

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Huber's "Come Away Melinda" ...Haveheard nothing but raves about La ReineLa Mar, who has a record on Cloud called"Mama, I Don't Wanna"...Did you knowthat comedian, Buddy Hackett, wrote asong for Jerry Vale's act? ti

Gordon Sinclair is prob-ably one of the mostlistened to newcastersin Canada, and I'm agreat fan of Sinclair's"Showbusiness". Mr.Sinclair tells us allabout movies, stage,radio and talks aboutthe foreign record busi-ness and keeps us in-formed on the expatriots

.that have made a noisein other parts of theworld. I'm still a devo-

**"^"a"aguuti"ted fan and possibly Mr.Sinclair will someday acknowledge theexistence of a music industry in Canada.Certainly I can say that Mr. Sinclairsextremely pro -Canadian attitudes andcomments are the reason I am such a de-voted fan.

While the Music Industry makes a bignoise from Canada throughout the world, itmust be mentioned that the Canadian filmmakers, television producers and even bookpublishers are making waves in the bigpond. Have we as Canadians been caughtup in our own centennial fever and are un-consciously becoming pro Canadians?

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pany is looking for a disc jockey who theywill record in exchange for exposure oftheir product on his radio show. Out of yourMind Dept. Someone said, "How come DJsin Canada haven't been hit by the freebeegig fever so prevelent in the south?". Justto name a few DJs, how about (Ed: Doyou get the feeling sometime that this re-sponsible trade paper is becoming morelike a scandal rag every week? We'll passon that, Miss C.)

This column is not a Hype Column. Wehave never hyped any record.l. Often wewill bring a good record to your attention,but we wouldn't hype a record anymore thana Canadian station. We wouldn't like tobe accused of favouritism. "Out of theSunshine" by David Clayton Thomasshould have been a number one record inCanada. Possibly Canadian disc jockeyscan make up for their lack of premonitionwhen D.C.T.'s next release comes out. Ithad it in the grooves, and you guys justmissed it. BUT this one can still be asmash in the U.S. and just watch the redfaces.

Bobby Curtola's Coke LP sold into thevery highest figures which proves thatBobby is still an evergreen artist with

Xnding MaudCanada's TOP DJs have picked these Canadian

records to climb to the top of the charts, andhere they tell why

Gary Parr CKLC KingstonDon't Look Away Rising Sons"I think the group has a great name, andthis disc sounds like a sleeper to me. thas a rather haunting pleasant soundthat's easy to program. Also, it's about aminute shorter than a lot of the biggiesthat we have to play.Methinks the chancesare good here."Sandy Gardiner Ottawa JournalNight Winds Berries"Here's another indication that Canadiandiscs are getting better all the time. Thesound is just different enough to catch

Robbie Dunn CJIB VernonDon't Look Away Rising Sons"Maybe shouldn't say this but it doesn'tappeal to me. Too slow and dull. HoweverI ran a record rater on it and it won 29-15so maybe. I go for the re-release on theflip side."Sandy Gardiner Ottawa JournalBut I Love You Ardels" like this sound, it has the Roy Orbi-son feel and the vocalist delivers well.But the song itself is a little too common-place in the lyrics to be striking."1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

In last week's front page story by PaulWhite the second last line of the storyshould have read World record scene. Thiswas a typographical error.

Canada's teens. If old El can predict, wewould like to say B.C. will soon start theball rolling in the U.E. and it's about timethe yankees found out what they have beenmissing.

Patricia Anne's latest "Blue Lipstick"written for PA by P.F. Sloane is sure to bea smash! It's on Arc.

Bob Martin and the whole Columbia A&Rstaff are talking about their latest acquisi-tion Bobby Kris. We understand Columbiais going all out on Bobby's premiere re-lease on Columbia. Watch this one!

Good news for GMP lis-, tenera from Columbia."Intimately Yours" byArthur Prysock is outof sight as is the pianostyling of Andre Gag-non. "The Steve Law-rence Show", FrankieLaine's "Roving Gamb-ler" and the "TwinPiano Magic of Ferrante& Teicher" make up abag of greats from Col-umbia. "Ain't It True"looks good for AndyWilliams with VanMcCoy's "Butterfly''

making steady gains up the charts.The Compo folks move in with a strong

side by Montrealer Kenny Hamilton. "DearBrothers, Sisters, and Friends" was writ-ten by Gordon Lightfoot and could be themeans of making Kenny known nationally.Also from Compo comes the Hou-Lopswith "Lonely Riverman". Formerly knownas Les Tetes Blanches this group reignsas the number one in French Canada. TheRoyal Family make the scene once again.This time with "Sometimes" a well pro-duced disc that should make it nationally."That Was The Year That Was" by TomLehrer has caught on across Canada and

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could be one of the biggest sellers forthe year.

Quality's Giselle headlines her reportthis week with a proud lineup of 8 Cana-dian releases. There's no inferiority com-plex showing through here. They're alldamm good releases and worthy of playsright across the nation. Interest in the re-lease by the Ardels has been high. Bothsides "I Love You" and "So Glad You'reMine" have been getting exposure. TheBerries' "Night Winds", "So Fine" byThe Beau -Marks, "Stuck On Yourself"the Dean Curtis entry, The Regents"Spacewalk" and "I'll Never ForgetYou" by Dave Francey. "Freckles" bySkip Evans and Dee and The Yeomen's"Take The First Train Home" are eightgood reasons to flag wave at the Qualitycamp.

Stan Kulin of RCA Victor advises thatthe new LP by J.B. and The Playboy:, hasbeen very successful in the large areas.SHOW REVIEW... by Bill MillerRolling Stones - Maple Leaf Gardens -Toronto: Sunday night, October 31, markedthe return visit to Toronto of The RollingStones, who to the delight of thousands offans, surpassed their first performanceearlier this year. Even though little soundcould be heard from the stage, the audiencewere caught up in the wild frenzy of see-ing their idols in person. Some faintedwhile others just cried. One managed toreach Mick Jagger and had to be carriedoff the stage. The Stones performed for35 minutes and included their hits "Satis-faction" and "Get Off Of My Cloud".Supporting American acts were well re-ceived. Little Caesar and The Consulsstole the show with their new single"You Really Got A Hold On Me". Jon andLee and The Checkmates gave a perfor-mance that drew loud support from theirmany fans.

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"THEY'RE WHAT'S HAPPENING BABY!"

- CANADA'S GROOVIEST TEENS -"TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THESE TWO"

TERRY BLACK PATRICIAN -ANNE

"POOR

LITTLE

FOOL"

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"BLUELIPSTICK"

Terry and Patrician are both 17 year old Canadians