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3 Decades of Music (industry) History!! (a must see) I just discovered this and just spent hours of combing through 3 decades of old & new Billboard Magazines. All scanned at high res.
It was a trip looking at the trades from 1982 & 1983 and how the labels and retail were preparing for the arrival of the CD. Look where it is now! The 1978-1979 issues were nearly all about Disco! 
If you have time, its really a treat. http://books.google.com/b...navlinks_s If the link doesn't work, go to Google Books, type in Billboard Magazine. Be sure to click on "browse all issues." Enjoy! 
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tricky2 said: I just discovered this and just spent hours of combing through 3 decades of old & new Billboard Magazines. All scanned at high res.
It was a trip looking at the trades from 1982 & 1983 and how the labels and retail were preparing for the arrival of the CD. Look where it is now! The 1978-1979 issues were nearly all about Disco!
If you have time, its really a treat. http://books.google.com/b...navlinks_s If the link doesn't work, go to Google Books, type in Billboard Magazine. Be sure to click on "browse all issues." Enjoy!
[Edited 2/4/10 16:44pm] [Edited 2/4/10 16:44pm] great stuff, the cd was the thing that gave life and digital gave it death for the most part. But not only that, media outlets like MTV and its sale in 1985 were the beginning of the end. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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That's great! I was checking out the issues from the 70s.Great stuff! | |
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thanks for posting this, its like jumping into a time machine  Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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Caramelpfe said: thanks for posting this, its like jumping into a time machine
I know! | |
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tricky2 said: Caramelpfe said: thanks for posting this, its like jumping into a time machine
I know! I just looked @ feb 79 & theres a full page ad of Phyllis Hymans "somewhere in my lifetime" boasting about it being a knockout success its weird to see this & know how things turned out for Phyllis  Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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