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Post by torcan on May 29, 2022 8:55:59 GMT -5
I started listening to American Top 40 in the early '80s and I remember a few times Casey mentioning that Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album of all time (this was before Thriller came along).
Does anybody know of any shows in the 1980-82 period where Casey mentioned what the best-selling albums were (top 3 or top 5, etc) - and if so, what they were?
I just want to check if I'm mis-remembering, or to re-affirm my memory with what the top sellers were at that time.
Thanks in advance!
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Post by at40petebattistini on May 29, 2022 9:15:13 GMT -5
I started listening to American Top 40 in the early '80s and I remember a few times Casey mentioning that Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album of all time (this was before Thriller came along). Does anybody know of any shows in the 1980-82 period where Casey mentioned what the best-selling albums were (top 3 or top 5, etc) - and if so, what they were? I just want to check if I'm mis-remembering, or to re-affirm my memory with what the top sellers were at that time. Thanks in advance! You'd have a pretty good idea now if an album special had been produced. During the June 12, 1982 program, Casey announced that the AT40 staff was tabulating a list of the All-Time Top 40 Albums of Rock & Roll for the next AT40 special. However, as Matt Wilson explained in my 80s book, Don Bustany created a "complicated formula" to determine the list of best selling LPs. And apparently, some record companies were reluctant to share sales information. Unfortunately, this special countdown idea was eventually abandoned.
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Post by mga707 on May 29, 2022 10:09:25 GMT -5
During the June 12, 1982 program, Casey announced that the AT40 staff was tabulating a list of the All-Time Top 40 Albums of Rock & Roll for the next AT40 special. However, as Matt Wilson explained in my 80s book, Don Bustany created a "complicated formula" to determine the list of best selling LPs. And apparently, some record companies were reluctant to share sales information. Unfortunately, this special countdown idea was eventually abandoned. Not surprised. Some record companies (ahem, RSO...) were known to overship LP releases to create 'instant platinum' LPs. Most of which wound up being sent back and resold to third parties as 'cutouts', which were vastly marked down. '78's "Sgt. Pepper" movie soundtrack is one such example.
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