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'Music Module' & Cowsills Spark MGM distrib Metting In Bermuda
BARBADOS, WEST INDIES—Using
the theme, “The Shape Of The Sound
Of Tomorrow”, MGM Records held
its first distributor sales meeting and
product presentation of the New Year
at a beautiful showcase, the luxurious
Barbados Hilton Hotel in Barbados,
West Indies, Jan. 9-12, highlighting
the event with the introduction of new
product through a new audio-visual
presentation device called the MGM
Music Module and a live performance
by the Cowsills. Key label execs, led
by company president Mort L. Nasatir,
were in attendance.
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Cowsills Live
The Cowsills, MGM’s hit family
rock act, integrated their live performance
into the film programming
and action of the product presentation.
They sang a medley of songs
from their new album, “We Can Fly”
(title is taken from the group’s current
single, which is currently climbing
the Top 100) and also did a medley
of MGM million sellers in the
styles of the original artists.
At the end of their performance,
the Cowsills threw MGM exec Frank
Mancini into the Barbados Hilton
swimming pool. Mancini had promised
them that they could do this if their
single, “The Rain, The Park & Other
Things”, hit #1. It was a foolish
promise, as far as staying dry is concerned.
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New Posters
A new series of one-sheet posters
spotlighting artists associated with
the MGM community of labels was
shown to distributors at one of the
sales meetings. The posters are done
in one and two colors. Art work is
designed by the W. K. Schneider
Agency for the MGM advertising
department.
MGM label artists spotlighted in
posters are Herman’s Hermits, Eric
Burdon and the Animals, the Cowsills,
Every Mother’s Son, David Hemmings,
the Ultimate Spinach and the Beacon
Street Union. Verve artists who have
posters are the Righteous Brothers,
Frank Zappa, the Mothers of Invention
and the Velvet Underground.
James Cotton, the Hombres, Janis
Ian, Richie Havens and Tim Hardin,
all of whom cut for Verve Forecast,
also have posters. Last but not least
on the poster list is Kama Sutra’s
the Lovin’ Spoonful.
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