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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 26, 2020 8:04:27 GMT -5
This is the show, by the way, where Casey explains at the outset that the purpose of the show is to compare your local station's rankings against the national chart rankings from Billboard (meaning it's not "the place to hear all of favorite songs, unedited!") Actually, until AT40 began to broadcast nation wide most people outside of the music industry were not aware that there were national trades (charts) that tracked popular music. I think Casey is commenting more that sometimes what was playing or popular in your town might not be what would be popular nationwide. Many big hits in certain parts of the country were not big hits nationally--however, usually by the time a song reached the Top 20 on the national charts a hit was probably being played and sold all over the country. Before AT40, most people didn't know how their favorite 'local' hits were dong nationally--unless they had a subscription to a national trade (which was generally geared toward the music industry and therefore low in circulation). To add one more thought... during this time period, many Top 40 stations produced a printed copy of their weekly singles playlist, based on local requests and sales. No doubt, there were casual listeners (non-chart fans) who picked these up at record stores and, while listening to AT40, were puzzled why the lists did not match. Casey's opening comment to this show was an attempt to clarify the difference. |
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Post by mkarns on Sept 26, 2020 8:55:32 GMT -5
Haha, this is also the week they played the wrong song by The Glass Bottle! Instead of the hit "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" they played "The First Time." Weird! That was mistakenly done on 9/18 and 9/25/71, its first two weeks in the top 40. On its third and final week the right side was played; Premiere's broadcasts edit in the correct song for all three shows. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Sept 26, 2020 9:38:40 GMT -5
Actually, until AT40 began to broadcast nation wide most people outside of the music industry were not aware that there were national trades (charts) that tracked popular music. I think Casey is commenting more that sometimes what was playing or popular in your town might not be what would be popular nationwide. Many big hits in certain parts of the country were not big hits nationally--however, usually by the time a song reached the Top 20 on the national charts a hit was probably being played and sold all over the country. Before AT40, most people didn't know how their favorite 'local' hits were dong nationally--unless they had a subscription to a national trade (which was generally geared toward the music industry and therefore low in circulation). To add one more thought... during this time period, many Top 40 stations produced a printed copy of their weekly singles playlist, based on local requests and sales. No doubt, there were casual listeners (non-chart fans) who picked these up at record stores and, while listening to AT40, were puzzled why the lists did not match. Casey's opening comment to this show was an attempt to clarify the difference. I recall collecting the Big 30 weekly printed lists from CKLW (Windsor) while living in Detroit from 1969-73--I only heard AT40 once during that time and to my way of reasoning a song was only a 'hit' when I heard it on the Big 8. I am sure this was the mindset of most radio listeners in the 1960's and early '70's, until AT40 (and Casey) began to be heard on hundreds of radio stations from 'coast to coast'. |
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 26, 2020 10:11:18 GMT -5
The September 25, 1971 program was also noteworthy because it was the last one to include network commercials until April 1982, after ABC bought Watermark. One particular advertisement this week – for Elektra Records newcomer Cyrus Faryar – had an AT40 connection. The album jacket for Cyrus credited a few familiar names as “choir” members: Tom & Barbara Rounds, David Crosby, Cass Elliott, well-known musician (and early Watermark) photographer Henry Diltz, and future AT40 staffer Renais Faryar, later known as Renais Jeanne Hill. Also listed among the album’s credits, “Executive producer Ron Jacobs for Watermark Inc.” Here’s a network commercial break (audio) from the 9/25/71 show that includes the “ooh baby, baby” Certs ad and the Cyrus LP. soundcloud.com/petebattistini/at40-1971-9-25-71-commercials deleted |
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Post by mga707 on Sept 26, 2020 11:58:44 GMT -5
The September 25, 1971 program was also noteworthy because it was the last one to include network commercials until April 1982, after ABC bought Watermark. One particular advertisement this week – for Elektra Records newcomer Cyrus Faryar – had an AT40 connection. The album jacket for Cyrus credited a few familiar names as “choir” members: Tom & Barbara Rounds, David Crosby, Cass Elliott, well-known musician (and early Watermark) photographer Henry Diltz, and future AT40 staffer Renais Faryar, later known as Renais Jeanne Hill. Also listed among the album’s credits, “Executive producer Ron Jacobs for Watermark Inc.” Here’s a network commercial break (audio) from the 9/25/71 show that includes the “ooh baby, baby” Certs ad and the Cyrus LP. soundcloud.com/petebattistini/at40-1971-9-25-71-commercialsThanks for that--"It's two (smack!), two (smack!), two mints in one!" Classic. |
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Post by skuncle on Oct 3, 2020 5:04:10 GMT -5
Oct. 3-4, 2020: Now lets go back to this week in 1974 - Alan Parsons, September 28, 1974
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Post by mkarns on Oct 8, 2020 20:01:20 GMT -5
This week's Thursday night Wheel of Casey landed on February 12, 1977.
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Post by skuncle on Oct 10, 2020 5:03:49 GMT -5
Oct. 10-11, 2020: Now lets go back to this week in 1976 - Gary Wright , October 9, 1976
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 10, 2020 11:16:16 GMT -5
#38 on the 10-9-1976 show is You Are My Starship by (drummer) Norman Connors--and Casey said he was a drummer and a singer--the actual vocalist on the song is Michael Henderson (something that was probably not common knowledge til much later).
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Post by johnnywest on Oct 10, 2020 11:34:46 GMT -5
This week's Thursday night Wheel of Casey landed on February 12, 1977. I like this feature because it’s so unpredictable. How long has it been going on? |
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Post by mkarns on Oct 10, 2020 12:42:21 GMT -5
This week's Thursday night Wheel of Casey landed on February 12, 1977. I like this feature because it’s so unpredictable. How long has it been going on? Just for the last month or so. This was the fourth or fifth week of it that I know of. |
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Post by papathree on Oct 10, 2020 13:45:32 GMT -5
#38 on the 10-9-1976 show is You Are My Starship by (drummer) Norman Connors--and Casey said he was a drummer and a singer--the actual vocalist on the song is Michael Henderson (something that was probably not common knowledge til much later). On the very next week's show (10/16/76) Casey noted that the vocal was by Michael Henderson and that Norman was the drummer & arranger. |
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Post by laura on Oct 15, 2020 21:19:00 GMT -5
This week's Wheel of Casey show is May 3, 1975.
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Post by skuncle on Oct 17, 2020 5:03:46 GMT -5
Oct. 17-18, 2020: Now lets go back to this week in 1975 - Al Roker, October 18, 1975
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Post by slf on Oct 17, 2020 5:50:36 GMT -5
Oct. 17-18, 2020: Now lets go back to this week in 1975 - Al Roker, October 18, 1975 Al Roker??? |
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