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INDIAN LAKE (2:40) Cowsills-MGM 13944
1350 Ave. of the Americas, NYC.
PROD: Wes Farrell, 39 W. 55 St., NYC.
PUB: Pocket Full of Tunes BMI
39 W 66 6t NYP
WRITER: Romeo ARR: Tony Romeo
FLIP: Newspaper Blanket

MGM Label Family Will Show Distrib 67 Albums At Las Vegas Convention

LAS VEGAS—MGM Records and its Community of Labels will unveil 67 new album packages to distribs at the company’s mid-season convention this week (23-27) at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The array of product, to be presented to the distributors via an unusual audio-visual program included 21 on the MGM label; including two children’s albums, two on the Kama Sutra label, 15 on Verve, six on Verve/ Forecast, nine on Metro, seven on Heliodor, and seven on DGG.

A sales program which will startle the industry, not available at press time, will be announced this week.

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The album packages on MGM include Lainie Kazan’s “Love Is Lainie”; Connie Francis’ “Connie And Clyde (hit songs of the Thirties)”; Sam the Sham’s “10 of Pentacles”; Herman’s Hermits’ “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”; Ian And Sylvia; Bill Medley’s “Bill Medley 100%”; Eric Burton and the Animals “Every One Of Us”; The Cowsills’ “Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools”; “W. C. Fields Is Alive & Drunk At Your Father’s Mustache”; Talya Ferro’s “Look At Me”; Beacon Street Union’s “The Clown Died In Marvin Gardens”; Orpheus’ “Orpheus Ascending”; Ultimate Spinach’s “Behold And See”; Chamaeleon Church; Hank Williams’ “In The Beginning”; Tompall & The Glaser Brothers’ “The Wonderful World Of The Glaser Brothers”; The Stonemans’ “The Great Stonemans”; Wayne Newton’s “Songs Of Faith”; and The Kangaroo. Children’s albums include “Story Hour With Shirley Booth” and “Peter & The Wolf And Alice In Wonderland” on Leo The Lion label.

Singles Spurt At MGM

NEW YORK—MGM Records singles business is a swingin’ affair. The past month, asserts Mort Nasatir, president, was one of the best sales periods in recent months. Lenny iScheer, MGM manager, said the percentage increase in business is about 500 per cent, with a prediction of a hot hot-weather selling season after this week’s national sale smeeting in Las Vegas.

Phil Picone, single sales manager for the MGM label, pinpoints the selling splurge, crediting such artists and titles as the Cowsills’ “Indian Lake,” Eric Burdon’s “Sky Pilot,” The Magistrates’ “Here Comes The Judge,” Connie Francis’ “-Somebody Else Is Taking My Place,” Wajme Newton’s “Dreams of an Everyday Housewife,” Roy Orbison’s “Walk On,” Herman’s Hermits’ ‘‘Sleepy Joe,” Bill Medley’s “Brown Eyed Woman,” The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Never Going Back,” and “God Bless Our Love” by the Ballads on the Venture label.

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THE COWSILLS PLUS THE LINCOLN PARK ZOO—Mercury Wing SRW 16354
The Cowsills, now with MGM, previously recorded for Mercury. This album features the “original” Cowsills (Bill, Bob, Barry and John) before they were joined by other members of the family. The pleasant, easygoing sounds include “A Most Peculiar Man,” “What’s It Gonna Be Like,” and “Party Girl.” As an added attraction, a Chicago group caled the Lincoln Park Zoo makes its LP debut with “Love Theme From Haight Btreet” and “If You Gotta Go (Go Now).” The Cowsills current popularity should boost the sales of this package of their early material.