Posted June 12, 201411 yr I couldn't find another thread on this but forgive me if I am duplicating. In 1987 for Radio 1's 20th anniversary they counted down the top 100 best selling singles and albums from the last 20 years (since Radio 1 had begun). After this you could send off a stamped addressed envelope and be sent the charts by post. Luckily I am a bit of a hoarder and in a recent house move I found these charts, would anyone be interested in me posting them? To be clear they are the Top 100 selling singles and 100 albums during the period Sept 1967- Sept 1987. On a related note I taped the last bit of the countdown on the Bruno Brookes show (the whole BB show not just the bit where he did the countdown), which was the top 16 albums and singles - and I still have the recording on cassette but with no means of playing it!
June 12, 201411 yr Get at Tape to USB converter from Lidl's or any other electrical store, I saw one of those in Lidl the other day.
June 12, 201411 yr I would love to see them mick745, so please do post them. And I now work for Lidl so I will have to look into the tape to USB converters as I have tons of tapes I would love to convert.
June 14, 201411 yr Author Albums 100-91: 100. QUEEN - A Kind of Magic 99. DAVID BOWIE - Let's Dance 98. U2 - Unforgettable Fire 97. A STAR IS BORN - Original Soundtrack 96. JOHN LENNON - Imagine 95. ELO - Discovery 94. PETER GABRIEL - So 93. ELTON JOHN - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 92. EURYTHMICS - Revenge 91. PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here. Singles 100-91: 100. ABBA - Fernando 99. BACCARA - Yes Sir I Can Boogie 98. STYLISTICS - I Can't Give You Anything 97. PETERS AND LEE - Welcome Home 96. ABBA - The Name of the Game 95. NICK BERRY - Every Loser Wins 94. KELLY MARIE - Feels Like I'm In Love 93. LENA MARTELL - One Day at a Time 92. JUDY COLLINS - Amazing Grace 91. CHUCK BERRY - My Ding-A-Ling
June 16, 201411 yr Author ALBUMS 90-81 90. QUEEN - The Works 89. PERRY COMO - 40 Greatest Hits 88. BEATLES - Abbey Road 87. VARIOUS - 20 Dynamic Hits 86. VARIOUS - Motown Chartbusters 3 85. BONEY M - Night Flight to Venus 84. DURAN DURAN - Rio 83. BILLY JOEL - An Innocent Man 82. JOHN LENNON - Double Fantasy 81. DAVID BOWIE - Ziggy Stardust SINGLES 90-81 90. ELVIS PRESLEY - Way Down 89. BUCKS FIZZ - The Land of Make Believe 88. BLONDIE - Sunday Girl 87. SHAKIN' STEVENS - This Ole House 86. EDDY GRANT - I Don't Wanna Dance 85. SWEET - Blockbuster 84. COMMUNARDS - Don't Leave Me This Way 83. PAUL HARDCASTLE - 19 82. ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You 81. MADONNA - Into the Groove
June 17, 201411 yr Author ALBUMS 80-51 80. DIRE STRAITS - Making Movies 79. BEATLES - Beatles 67-70 78. ELO - Out of the Blue 77. EAGLES - Greatest Hits 71-75 76. VARIOUS - Now Christmas 75. WHAM! - Fantastic 74. EAGLES - Hotel California 73. ELKIE BROOKS - Pearls 72. ZZ TOP - Eliminator 71. BREAD - The Sound of Bread 70. ABBA - The Album 69. WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney 68. VARIOUS - Hits 6 67. BEATLES - Beatles 62-66 66. BARBRA STREISAND - Guilty 65. TINA TURNER - Private Dancer 64. POLICE - Zenyatta Mondatta 63. WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston 62. DIRE STRAITS - Love Over Gold 61. QUEEN - A Night at the Opera 60. VARIOUS - Now 1 59. VARIOUS - Now 3 58. GENESIS - Invisible Touch 57. U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky 56. ELTON JOHN - Greatest Hits 55. VARIOUS - Now 6 54. ADAM AND THE ANTS - Kings of the Wild Frontier 53. VARIOUS - Now 4 52. PHIL COLLINS - Face Value 51. TEARS FOR FEARS - Songs from the Big Chair SINGLES 80-51 80. ARCHIES - Sugar Sugar 79. ADAM AND THE ANTS - Ant Music 78. ROXY MUSIC - Dance Away 77. DAVID SOUL - Silver Lady 76. BEE GEES - Night Fever 75. ADAM AND THE ANTS - Prince Charming 74. UB40 - Red Red Wine 73. BEATLES - Hello goodbye 72. MARVIN GAYE - I Heard it through the Grapevine 71. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 70. BLACK LACE - Agadoo 69. POLICE - Don't Stand so Close to Me 68. TUBEWAY ARMY - Are 'Friends' Electric? 67. LIEUTENANT PIGEON - Mouldy Old Dough 66. GLORIA GAYNOR - I will Survive 65. LEO SAYER - When I Need You 64. MUSICAL YOUTH - Pass the Dutchie 63. DOCTOR HOOK - When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman 62. ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON - I Know Him So Well 61. LIONEL RITCHIE - Hello 60. ROLF HARRIS - Two Little Boys 59. ELVIS PRESLEY - The Wonder of You 58. DR HOOK - A Little Bit More 57. FATHER ABRAHAM AND THE SMURFS - The Smurf Sone 56. IRENE CARA - Fame 55. BOOMTOWN RATS - I Don't Like Mondays 54. ROD STEWART - Maggie May 53. MUNGO JERRY - In the Summertime 52. BRIGHOUSE AND RASTICK BRASS BAND - The Floral Dance 51. LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool Edited June 17, 201411 yr by mick745
June 18, 201411 yr Author ALBUMS 50-41: 50. DIANA ROSS & SUPREMES - 20 Golden Greats 49. CULTURE CLUB - Colour by Numbers 48. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Pleasuredome 47. SHADOWS - 20 Golden Greats 46. ROD STEWART - Atlantic Crossing 45. VARIOUS - Kids from Fame 44. HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare 43. FIVE STAR - Silk and Steel 42. VARIOUS - Now 8 41. ABBA - Super Trouper
June 22, 201411 yr Author SINGLES 50-41: 50. TIGHT FIT - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 49. BAY CITY ROLLERS - Bye Bye Baby 48. BUCKS FIZZ - Making your Mind Up 47. BENNY HILL - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) 46. CLIFF RICHARD - We Don't Talk Anymore 45. MARY HOPKINS - Those were the Days 44. ADAM AND THE ANTS - Stand and Deliver 43. ABBA - Dancing Queen 42. SURVIVOR - Eye of the Tiger 41. COMMODORES - Three times a Lady ALBUMS 40-31: 40. POLICE - Regatta De Blanc 39. ABBA - Greatest Hits Vol 2 38. STYLISTICS - Best Of 37. U2 - The Joshua Tree 36. ROD STEWART - Greatest Hits 35. ALISON MOYET - Alf 34. SADE - Diamond Life 33. WINGS - Band on the Run 32. BARRY MANILOW - Manilow Magic 31. BARBRA STREISAND - Love Songs
June 22, 201411 yr ' Making Your Mind Up' is very high in this list compared with how it ended up in the 1980s decade end chart. On the decade end the titles at numbers 42, 44 and 50 in the above chart appear at numbers 12, 14 and 16 respectively. However 'Making Your Mind Up' is at number 47 on the decade end chart. On the other hand, 'The Land Of Make Believe', at number 89 on this Radio 1 chart is at number 41 on the decade end chart. What makes it more confusing is that the Radio 1 Anniversary chart in 1987 and the Gallup 1980s Decade End chart were both compiled by Alan Jones.
June 22, 201411 yr Author SINGLES 40-21: 40. SOFT CELL - Tainted Love 39. RAY PARKER JN - Ghostbusters 38. BEATLES - Hey Jude 37. GEORGE HARRISON - My sweet Lord 36. DAWN - Tie a Yellow Ribbon 35. DONNA SUMMER - I feel Love 34. NILSSON - Without You 33. DONNY OSMOND - Puppy Love 32. ROYALS SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS - Amazing Grace 31. NEW SEEKERS - I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing 30. ROD STEWART - Sailing 29. IAN DRURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick 28. JULIE COVINGTON - Don't Cry for Me Argentina 27. PINK FLOYD - Another Brick in the Wall 26. SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA - Eye Level 25. GARY GLITTER - I Love You, Love Me Love 24. ART GARFUNKEL - Bright Eyes 23. DAVID SOUL - Don't Give Up on Us 22. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Come on Eileen 21. SLADE - Merry Xmas Everyone ALBUMS 30-21: 30. JEFF WAYNE - War of the Worlds 29. BOB MARLEY - Legend 28. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born in the USA 27. ELVIS PRESLEY - 40 Golden Greats 26. BEACH BOYS - 20 Golden Greats 25. PAUL SIMON - Graceland 24. BLONDIE - Parallel Lines 23. SOUNDTRACK - Grease 22. VARIOUS - The Hits Album 21. PAUL YOUNG - No Parlez
June 22, 201411 yr ' Making Your Mind Up' is very high in this list compared with how it ended up in the 1980s decade end chart. On the decade end the titles at numbers 42, 44 and 50 in the above chart appear at numbers 12, 14 and 16 respectively. However 'Making Your Mind Up' is at number 47 on the decade end chart. On the other hand, 'The Land Of Make Believe', at number 89 on this Radio 1 chart is at number 41 on the decade end chart. What makes it more confusing is that the Radio 1 Anniversary chart in 1987 and the Gallup 1980s Decade End chart were both compiled by Alan Jones. Good old Alan! Also it seems to indicate that MYMU was the third best seller of 81 behind Adam & The Ants and Soft Cell which doesn't tally with BMRB
June 22, 201411 yr All that's happened here is a straight chart panel sales sweep (without any multiplier or the same one 20 probably) combined with those "dreaded" everchanging shipment figures (which tend to add and lose 100,000 sales, without any continuity). I might check some of this. The Bucks Fizz titles are the wrong way around as in the NME Book. No missed week sales have been included, hence a John Lennon song is missing. Edited June 22, 201411 yr by MikeR
June 22, 201411 yr Had a look at it & the questions we need to ask are where are Under The Moon Of Love, Mississippi, Uptown Girl, Super Trouper, Woman In Love, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, If You Leave Me Now, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Vienna, One Day In Your Life, The Birdie Song, How Deep Is Your Love & Shaddup You Face? They lose Save Your Love, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, When A Child Is Born, You Can't Hurry Love, The Tide Is High, Starting Over, D.I.S.C.O. & My Coo Ca Choo due to the Christmas & New Year missed chart weeks. So the top 100 is really top 121. Fernando (at 100 here) is 695,000 in sales (I think). The next ones would be Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (if 1987 has been included), Lily The Pink, Let's Dance, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Freedom & True. 1967 - 72 is shipment based, with wrong multipliers for 1973 & 1975 (Stylistics on 700,000. Panel sales to 17 make it 550,000. So possibly shipments again). This beggars the question of Rod Stewart's shipments for "Sailing" in 1975. Shipped 700,000 in 75 & another 400,000 in 1976, but apparently only 955,000 in this list. 1976 (itself) seems to have lost a lot of records. 1977-79 is shipment based. 1980 - 82 is very shipment based. 1983 is to the Gallup stuff 17 multiplier (apart from missing Uptown Girl) 1984 is shipment based 1985 & 86 are an 18 multiplier 1987 may not be included at all It has to be pointed out that 1980 had a mistake in the year end BMRB Top 100. They got a panel figure wrong on Starting Over. It was placed at #10 in the year end list, but shoud really of been #17. Various lists have it wrong including lists by a couple of other people on UKMix & other sites. I think this was the final 20 on this Radio One 20th Anniversary: 20 Imagine 19 Last Waltz 18 Heart Of Glass 17 Bohemion Rhapsody 16 Power Of Love 15 YMCA 14 Save Your Kisses For Me 13 Careless Whisper 12 Karma Chameleon 11 Last Xmas 10 Don't You Want Me 9 Summer Nights 8 I Just Called To Say I Love You 7 Two Tribes 6 Relax 5 Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord 4 You're The One That I Want 3 Rivers Of Babylon 2 Mull Of Kintyre 1 Band Aid Edited June 22, 201411 yr by MikeR
June 23, 201411 yr Author ALBUMS 20-1 20. WHAM! - Make it Big 19. MADONNA - Like a Virgin 18. PHIL COLLINS - No Jacket Required 17. ABBA - Arrival 16. CARPENTERS - The Singles 69-73 15. PERRY COMO - And I Love you So 14. MEAT LOAF - Bat Out of Hell 13. SOUNDTRACK - Saturday Night Fever 12. MADONNA - True Blue 11. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Greatest Hits 10. LIONEL RICHIE - Can't Slow Down 9. MIKE OLDFIELD - Tubular Bells 8. QUEEN - Greatest Hits 7. FLEETWOOD MAC - Rumours 6. PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon 5. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water 4. ABBA - Greatest Hits 3. MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller 2. BEATLES - Sgt Pepper 1. DIRE STRAITS - Brothers in Arms
June 23, 201411 yr Author SINGLES 20-1 20. JOHN LENNON - Imagine 19. ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - The Last Waltz 18. BLONDIE - Heart of Glass 17. QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody 16. JENNIFER RUSH - The Power of Love 15. VILLAGE PEOPLE - YMCA 14. BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - Save Your Kisses for me 13. GEORGE MICHAEL - Careless Whisper 12. CULTURE CLUB - Karma Chameleon 11. WHAM! - Last Christmas/Everything she Wants 10. HUMAN LEAGUE - Don't You Want Me 9. JOHN TRAVOLTA/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - Summer Nights 8. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Two Tribes 7. STEVIE WONDER - I Just Called to Say I Love You 6. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Relax 5. BONEY M - Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord 4. JOHN TRAVOLTA/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - You're the One That I Want 3. BONEY M - Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring 2. WINGS - Mull of Kintyre/Girls School 1. BAND AID - Do They Know its Christmas
June 23, 201411 yr Author Just to point out that the 20th anniversary chart was part of a re-launch of Radio 1 which would begin broadcasting in stereo the next day, and broadcasting the 'correct' week's chart on the Sunday for the first time as well. As Radio 1 began broadcasting on 30 September 1967 this chart was (presumably) broadcast on Wednesday 30 September 1987. That means the chart broadcast on Sunday 4 October 1987 would have been the chart week ending Saturday 10 October 1987 (MARRS - Pump up the volume was at its second week at number 1). I wonder if the top 40 for w/e 3 October 1987 was ever broadcast therefore? Prior to this the singles chart had been released on a Tuesday not on a Sunday.
June 23, 201411 yr Just to point out that the 20th anniversary chart was part of a re-launch of Radio 1 which would begin broadcasting in stereo the next day, and broadcasting the 'correct' week's chart on the Sunday for the first time as well. As Radio 1 began broadcasting on 30 September 1967 this chart was (presumably) broadcast on Wednesday 30 September 1987. That means the chart broadcast on Sunday 4 October 1987 would have been the chart week ending Saturday 10 October 1987 (MARRS - Pump up the volume was at its second week at number 1). I wonder if the top 40 for w/e 3 October 1987 was ever broadcast therefore? Prior to this the singles chart had been released on a Tuesday not on a Sunday.The singles chart for w/e 3 October 1987 was announced on Radio 1 on the usual Tuesday date, in this case Tuesday 29 September 1987, but it was never counted down on the subsequent Sunday top 40 - the Sunday chart on 4 October 1987 was the new chart, as you have posted, dated 10 October 1987. Effectively the Sunday Top 40 skipped a week and as a result never played the first week of M/A/R/R/S being at number 1. It was one of only two top 40 charts (outside of Christmas / New Year) that never got to be played on Radio 1 on the Sunday, the other being the chart compiled on the day Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997. The latter broadcast was cancelled due to the death of Diana.
June 23, 201411 yr The top 26 in the Singles list are acknowledged as being million sellers, though some are million sellers on shipments rather than over the counter sales. 'Don't You Want Me' is possibly one of the most contentious as it never sold anywhere near as its sales in this list - and the list of the 1980s best sellers - suggest it sold. It was a million selling single though but I doubt it was the 10th best seller in the two decades covered by this chart. 'Heart Of Glass' sold a million on shipments but most likely sold about 830,000 on over the counter sales. The most controversial single in terms of sales in this chart is 'Mary's Boy Child' by Boney M which is always listed as selling about 1.8m yet its weekly sales in late 1978 / early 1979 never add up to more than 1.3m - again it must be on these lists based on shipments.
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