WINNIPEG (CP): —
Sometime. in mid-August,
televisions across Canada
will be saturated with rapid-
fire commercials selling the

, Country music of. Sandy
: Posey.

The fact ‘hat - very few
people have heard of Posey
is of little consequence. The
Alabama-born -singer has

been brought under the
computerized wing'of:-K-Tel

International’. Ltd.,; which

- has decided to: make her a. 7

star. .

- Based on experience and

market ‘research,
‘thousands, or perhaps

hundreds: of thousands. of
consumers will buy Posey’s °

albaim Born a Woman.

-K-Tel uses--30 to 35 per:

“cent: of.” its record sale
- revenue: ‘in non-stop, six-
ae week TV advertising blitzes

that: almost-ensure the |

success of records made by
- sttch singers as Posey.

If. K-Tel's rhost recent
_financlat statements are -

any indication, the formula

--works. Profits wére up 91.
‘per cent at: the end of 198),
~K-Tel‘is a multinational °
corporation built’ on - the.

- Bales of lint brushes, dicer-
‘slicers -and other specialty
‘itera: However, ‘it now is
primarily “involved in

making and selling records.

The types of gadgets K-

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Gossip Column

'Q. What's this about
that adorable actress
Leslie Caron writing a.
. scandalous book?-B.V.

"A... Leslie ‘Caron is
adorable, ‘yes, and ‘she

-* has written a book, but .

scandalous, no: “The 51
year old French actress
“has done a series of 12
- short. stories under the

~ general tithe © of:
. is Venpeance”” which will:

‘published ~by
- ‘Doubleday: in’: Aukust.

“oo. Most! of them’ are about:

» the.>.traumas-:.of
: childhood. Probably the.

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Tel founder and president
Phil Kives first began
selling from 4° Winnipeg
basement. are: - still
marketed, but they are sold
by other companies. ;
 derry Woodburn, general
manager. of the- company,
said in an interview the °
money. and opportunity is

better in the music. industry,

although. K-Tel is not in =

_ direct competition with the
major record labels,

While’ most recording
company ‘executives might
throw a party when one of
. their records goes gold —

selling - 50,000 copies —
Woodburn said K-Tel does
not release an album unless.
it. is “certain sates will

“eclipse the - platinum J

(100,000) mark.

K-Tel ‘albums: do, on ‘the
average, reach that mark in
Canada, with a set of love
songs by. Elvis Presley ‘and
hits from Slim Whitman the
most popular. Each has sold
more, than 250,000.

Tn about 16 countries that.
sell K-Tel records, the all- —

“time great is 25 Polka

’ Greats, Other heavy sellers.
have been Hooked on
Classics and . Switched-on- ;
Swing albums,

However, Woodburn said
the company’s real money-
makers’ are its top 40
compilation albums. Hit
songs are leased from -

called .“‘Curtain§ Call’”
which concerns a young
dancer about to launch
her career.

TRYING TO KEEP
| THEIR. COOL: -Many -.
‘stars who: ‘ appear“ the ©
‘epitome of controlled
professional behavior on
screen are, in private life,
as jittery-as Jello. Ata
recent bash for a big new
" movie, at least two of the.
stars’ exhibited: pressure
cooker* symptoms... that
surprised onlookers. One |
famed, aclor became so
intense «.and.. nervous
while: speaking with the
- press. - that. he- literally
broke out” in-.a heavy
sweat, although the
toom was very well air
conditioned! And, just a -
‘few: feet away, a well
known. actress’ hands
> shook .so visibly as she ~
was: being introduced to. -
Jy VIP, Hl tevthat: te: ‘ice.
tinhiveei

“major record labels for -

pennies per unit sold and

‘sales figurés are usually

strong.
Based on test inarketing
done. this past: spring in

Alberta, Posey should pass -

the platinum mark and
possibly approach. the lefty
sales achieved with. the
Eivis and Whitman albums.

Dan Kliman, the com-
pany's marketing’ super-

-visor, said while K-Tel’s
marketing techniques have ©

gradually developed to the
point where they can sell
anything, if the’ subject
doesn’t have talent ‘you're

not going to fool.anybody.”.

‘Posey, like Whitman, is a

_ forgotten singer of the past

who K- Tel -has fetvived. he
had two hits — “Born a
_ Woman and Single Girl — in
1966, but. then fell into ob-
scurity. L

A-K-Tel artist had used
one-of her songs for an
album and kept her name in
mind for a Possible ‘Solo

album. She was eventually

‘asked to make an vou

under the careful: Buidance
‘of K-Tel... - .
On Posey’s album, such
songs as Be My Baby, Put
Your Hand In The Hand and
All I Have To Do Is Dream
have all been revived. And a
second album has already —
been finished, with such >

‘and Baby, I Love You.

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