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Post by seminolefan on Mar 9, 2023 17:09:20 GMT -5
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Post by secretman on Mar 9, 2023 19:28:35 GMT -5
For the 5th consecutive Thursday WSMG is playing 02-10-1979
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 9, 2023 23:29:01 GMT -5
For the 5th consecutive Thursday WSMG is playing 02-10-1979 WSMG just started airing the 2/8/86 B show. I think WSMG has aired 1979 six of the last seven weeks in that Thursday 7 pm slot. Maybe they will air another 80s B show next week.
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Post by matt on Mar 10, 2023 11:22:08 GMT -5
Jumping back to last month...so maybe this was answered at some point, but "I Get Around" was left off the AT40 cue sheets and doesn't appear on the 2/10/79 chart on Walt Bailey's Old Radio Shows website either. Was it ever said where that extra was originally placed in the countdown? If I had to guess, I would assume between #7 ("I Will Survive") and #6 ("Every 1's a Winner") -- it would presumably be within the 4th hour and that's about the best place I can find where a song might have been cut out. But just a guess... That's a great guess, cuz you're right. 🙂 Nice -- thanks!
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 11, 2023 9:05:57 GMT -5
AT40: The 70's 3/11/1978 is one of the shows were Casey mentions the dropped out of the top 40 acts rather than their songs at the start of the show.
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Post by Hervard on Mar 11, 2023 10:27:40 GMT -5
The question was what hit(s) has(have) spent the most weeks at #1 in the 70s. Answer: "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Joy to the World", "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Alone Again Naturally" all spent 6 weeks on top. And for anyone that might be curious, this listener question was included in the 2011 airing of 3/6/76. But for some reason, it sounds like they decided to omit it from this airing. Again, why not just replay the show same as last time when all segments from the original show were included? A pointless change that diminishes the quality of the show. Actually, in the show I heard (via the WPAC player), that question was included, right after song #10. What I did notice was that they removed Casey's mention of Elton John's song dropping out of the Top 40. What was the purpose of that?
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 11, 2023 10:34:40 GMT -5
Wow, that was "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" falling from 14 to 42 IIRC with Casey mentioning that for Elton, it was his worst chart performance since 1972. "Tiny Dancer" peaked at 41 then. Had reached at least #12 with every release since.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Mar 11, 2023 13:00:46 GMT -5
Hmm. WPNC dropped the first hour extra on their 70's show. That's irregular.
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Post by kani on Mar 11, 2023 13:13:56 GMT -5
1978, 16 groups
Also interesting to note first billboard disco chart, #1 Sept 1976 disco was mentioned You Should Be Dancing by Bee Gees
Listen question about British Invasion 1964, has any none Britain hit #1 US
George Benson r&b best nominations for song On Broadway
I would go WVWP for opt xtra 1 at 3:50pmish...update I accidentally missed it, will try WTOJ tomorrow
11 foreign acts
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 11, 2023 14:23:15 GMT -5
How things have changed. On this week's Supersized 1978 Casey mentioned SNF was selling 200k/day. That was for a pricey double album in an era where you had to get off your butt and drive down to the record/department store to buy it. Today if an album sells 200k/week, that is Tay Swift territory. Last week's #1 record sold 94k 'equivalent units' only 10k were actual sales.
And the US population in 1978 was only 2/3 of what it is now.
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Post by rgmike on Mar 11, 2023 14:49:48 GMT -5
How things have changed. On this week's Supersized 1978 Casey mentioned SNF was selling 200k/day. That was for a pricey double album in an era where you had to get off your butt and drive down to the record/department store to buy it. Today if an album sells 200k/week, that is Tay Swift territory. Last week's #1 record sold 94k 'equivalent units' only 10k were actual sales. And the US population in 1978 was only 2/3 of what it is now. Per Billboard: "In 1978, vinyl records were more expensive than any other time since the RIAA began tracking sales in 1973. That year, the average retail sale price of a vinyl EP/LP was $7.32 – equal to $30.18 in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation." I'm not sure what the list price of SNF was; I'm guessing it was "specially priced" as they used to say (so, not twice a single LP's price).
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 11, 2023 14:56:46 GMT -5
How things have changed. On this week's Supersized 1978 Casey mentioned SNF was selling 200k/day. That was for a pricey double album in an era where you had to get off your butt and drive down to the record/department store to buy it. Today if an album sells 200k/week, that is Tay Swift territory. Last week's #1 record sold 94k 'equivalent units' only 10k were actual sales. And the US population in 1978 was only 2/3 of what it is now. Per Billboard: "In 1978, vinyl records were more expensive than any other time since the RIAA began tracking sales in 1973. That year, the average retail sale price of a vinyl EP/LP was $7.32 – equal to $30.18 in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation." I'm not sure what the list price of SNF was; I'm guessing it was "specially priced" as they used to say (so, not twice a single LP's price). Billboard listed MSRP at $12.98
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Post by TheOriginalArtist on Mar 11, 2023 15:29:11 GMT -5
Per Billboard: "In 1978, vinyl records were more expensive than any other time since the RIAA began tracking sales in 1973. That year, the average retail sale price of a vinyl EP/LP was $7.32 – equal to $30.18 in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation." I'm not sure what the list price of SNF was; I'm guessing it was "specially priced" as they used to say (so, not twice a single LP's price). Billboard listed MSRP at $12.98 It was a double album so that was still a pretty good price at the time, especially considering how many acts were part of it and that it contained so many charting songs. It went 16x Platinum and was #1 for 24 straight weeks, so I guess it wasn't too price prohibitive. I remember hearing it for the first time on a quad stereo and the layered sound on Night Fever and Stayin' Alive blew me away. So much depth. It was a production miracle at the time. I don't think until Thriller was that kind of technical excellence matched or exceeded.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 12, 2023 8:55:12 GMT -5
Another outstanding job,Ken!
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 13, 2023 6:45:07 GMT -5
Any word on the next AT40: The 70's show yet? Will it be 1972?
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