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Camera Shy? f w V % Smoke Signals, November 14, 1985 Page 3 TV Tunes Brought Back On Album By Kim Mills Assik Pri'ss Wnti'f P’ver have one of those days when you just can't remember the second verse to "The Patty Duke Show" theme sont;? Or maybe you've had a sudden yearn ing to hear the dulcet baritone of Mr. Kd, or found yourself cravint> the simpler. Howdy Doody times of your life. Well, yearn no more. Thanks to a double album entitled "Television's (ireatest Hits" TV tune fans aci oss the country can once a^ain finder pop to 'The Addams Family" and whistle alony with the Andy (Irif- fith theme sony. This collection of 65 TV theme sonys from the '50s and '60s tnay prove en trepreneur Steven (iottlieb is smarter than the average bi’ar and send him yabba-dabba-l(i-inu lo the bank. The album, which went on sale in August, has already sold 75,000 copies and Is (in it's way to Ix'cominu uold. It accompolished that outside the regular record industi y route. (iottlieb, 28, who formed his own com pany, TeeVee TiHins Inc., plans to record a second volume, make video cassettes and publish "The Whole TV CalaloKue," which will include anythinn related to television. ' The record Industry has always treated TV music like t;arbaKe," (iot tlieb said at an interview at his clut tered apartment and office on (X'ntral Park South. "They've always treated the composers like (they were writinui novelty stuff, like it's not real music. " (iottlieb, however, recoi^nized each of the.se tunes was a tiny, evocative time capsul. and j;ue.ssed there were a lot of Americans who wanted to Ix' reminded of those days when "a horse was a horse, of course, of cour.se." However, he said the record Industry didn't a>;ree. So he decided to MO on his own. nenotiatlnn for the rights to reproduce or recreate all the son^s, and findlnu an engineer and production company. F.veryone involved in the venture was very mui h like myself: untried but talented and willing; to t;ive it their all," he said. TeeVec Tunes is also doiny its own distribution, shipping directly to record stores around the country, except in New York City where (Iottlieb and his staff of two deliver the records them.selves by ta.xlcab. Getting record stores to buy an in dependently produced album from an unknown was a problem, he .said. Tower Kecords in New York was the on ly outlet that didn't have to be ap proached several times. "Tower Kecords not only said yes the first time. Tower is probably sinylj responsible for breaking the record Into retail, " he said. "I brouuht in a sample to the soundtrack buyer, and he said, "This looks Hood. lA't me show it around." The next day, (iottlieb got a frantic call from the buyer, who .said the manager was playing the .sample in the store and customers were demanding to buy It. "He said: We don't even have a piece of product yet and he's announced to everyone this is uoiiik to be the hot- lesl record of Ihe year. Brinu us sume records!" (iottlii^jiii^)roiiKhl some over. Two days later, I hey were .sold out. The idea for Ihe album was born dur- Int; three years at Harvard l,aw Si hool. You just uet so |)ent-up, so frustrated, that 1 was very hungry." .said (ioltlieb "I was lookinu at a numtx'r of differeni business opportunities, all of which were Impossible, or I was lold seemed very difficult tn do. This one required the least amount of money and was the easiest to do as an independent." ('realms the album cost $250,000. willi much of that uoint; to royalty and per formance fees, (iottlieb raised Ihe money from friends, college acquain tances and contacts he had in Ihe entei - tainiiient business. About half llif tunes on Ihe album are sound-alikes, recreations of the original music which was recorded usinu techni ques that are now primatlve. In some cases, (ioltlieb .said, it was impossible to delermlne which was the original I heme since some show s used differciil recordlnus from season to .season. In other cases, the opening music didn'i match the clusint; iiiusii' in tempi' sound quality, lie .said. Ynu don't reali/.e il w hen It 's spread out by a half-hciur nl prui;raiii, " he said "We tried lo reengineer llieiii to make lliat edit less iiollcable. and that w,l,^ Ihe best wc cniiUl do." Attention College Students: DO you HAVE THE WRITE STUFF? mm You're mad at your boss, worried about money, and you think you might be pregnant again. Bad days. V\te all have them. And on those bad days good parents will sometimes lash out at those they love most. When troubles pile up and push you to the brink of child abuse—stop. Take time out. Punch a pillow, not your kid. Phone a friend, lake a shower. Do some sit-ups. Don't take hold of your child until you get hold of yourself. For more parenting Informatkjn, write: National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse r« Box 2866, Chicago, IL 60690 Take time out. Don't take it out on your kid. CHILD ABUSE CAIMPAIGN NEWSPAPER AD NO. CA-84-768 presents Tlie nth Annual College Journalism' Competition, sponsored by 111!! COFM3NIV ROLLING STONE and Smith Corona are proud to announce the 11th Annual College Journalism CcJhipeti- tion, recognizing excellence among today\college writers. The category winners will receive $1,000 each from ROLLING STONE and electronic type writer products from Smith Corona. At the judges' discretion, a Grand Prize of $1,500 plus a Smith Corona product may be awarded. ROLLING STONE editors will judge the entries. Categories are: ► Enter tainment Reporting (profiles and news features on music, film and personali ties); ► Investigative Reporting (an article or a series that has had a tangi ble impact on the college campus or surrounding community); and ► General Reporting (any subject). All entries must have been published in a yniversity or college newspaper or magazine between April 1,1985 and April 5,1986. Each entrant must have been a full- or part-time student in an accredited university or college during the school year in which his or her entry was published. Entries must be received by June 1, 1986. They cannot be returned. The winners will be announced by July 1986 and will be notified by phone or mail. The names of the winners will be published in a future issue of ROLLING STONE. We reserve the right not to grant an award when the judges deem it unwarranted. There is a limit of one entry per stu dent in each category. All entries should be accompanied by an entry form (see below). This form may be duplicated. To facilitate judging, please mount tear sheets of your articles from the magazine or newspaper in which they appeared, on cardboard or poster board. Entries should not exceed 9" X14". Larger tear sheets may be folded or reduced. On the front of the envelope containing your submission, mark the category or categories that you've entered. Note on the entry form the address where you will be living when the contest results are announced. Mail entries to: College Journalism Competition, ROLLING STONE, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10151, 1986 Entry Form Category Entrant Age Birth Date, School Campus Address. Phone. Permanent Address. Phone - [check one] □ Freshman □ Sophomore □ Junior □ Senior □ Graduate Name of Publication. Editor. Type of Publication {check one] □ Newspaper □ Magazine □ Other Please attach a briefautobiography, including hometown, educational history, honors and scholarships, and journalism experience.
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