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March 14, 1970
Record World Magazine
At cocktail party hosted by MGM
Records for the Cowsills following
group's smash opening at the
Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, recently,
are label Prexy Mike Curb
and date Debbie Clinger congratulating
the Cowsills' mother,
Barbara.
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MGM Releases 21 LPs
Mike Curb, VP of MGM, Inc.,
and President of MGM Records,
in his move to revitalize the
MGM label, will put 21 new
powerhouse album releases on
the market during March.
Among the packages will be two
album releases on the new Co -
Burt label, which MGM Records
will handle, 13 on the MGM label,
four on the Verve label and
two on the Verve Forecast label.
. . .
Other alums in the release
are: "II x II" by the Cowsills,
"Someone Is Standing Outside"
featuring Bill Medley, "John B.
Sebastian," "Hank Williams,
Jr.'s Greatest Hilts," "Sunday
Morning" featuring Hank Williams,
Jr., "The Great Songs of
Roy Orbiscn," "Fat Water,"
"Eric Burdon Declares War"
featuring Eric Burdon, "Pre -
Dog Night" featuring Danny
Hutton, "Floyd Cramer Goes
Hanky Tonkin'," "The Core of
Rock," "Alane" featuring Bill
Evans, "Sep ember 17, 1969"
featuring Astrud Gilberto,
"Groove Drops" featuring Jimmy
Smith, "Eulogy" featuring
Wes Montgomery, an album of
poetry by "Allen Ginsberg William
Blake," an album by "J. F.
Murphy," "Impressions" featuring
Angeline Butler and "Come
Together" by the Congregation.
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Variety Theater Sets Disk Division
MINNEAPOLIS - Variety
Theater International, Minneapolis
-based contemporary talent
and production agency, announced
formation of a full
service disk division in an overall
expansion of the firm's
operation. Veteran agency exec
Matt Crawford has been set to
head up this new Variety Theater
division with initial concentration
on setting major record
deals for their rapidly growing
talent roster.
Variety Theater started operation
in 1957 and now services,
produces and sets acts for over
500 colleges throughout the
country. In addition to its own
talent roster of such name acts
as Denny Brooks, Bandanna,
Fred Smoot, Maffitt and Davies
and Buzz Clifford, among others,
Variety Theater has recently
promoted college concerts
with Friends of Distinction,
Brooklyn Bridge, Classics
IV, Cowsills, Fifth Dimension,
Johnny Cash, Lou Rawls and
Neil Diamond.
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