June 26, 201411 yr Amazingly Brotherhood Of Man (going by this list) suggests 1.25m. Only 1.0052 according to the panel sales. Bumped up by 250,000. Then (whoever did put this together) misses out at least 3 other 1976 big sellers. Yes you've got shipments vs panel sales. With BMRB missing out tons of Independant stores & the other sales compilers (Record Business) missing out Woolworths, it's just pure speculation. Quite a turn around, as I suspect this was called "a chart that counts" in 1987. Whoever did compile it, should be ashamed of themselves. It is complete crap. Human League had past 900,000 by the week of 9th Jan 82. But sold less than 200,000 during the rest of 82. So, it's more like 1.1m for the 81/82 equation. Add a few more thousand for the next 3 years. Blondie depends on missing Independant stores information. Edited June 26, 201411 yr by MikeR
June 26, 201411 yr Amazingly Brotherhood Of Man (going by this list) suggests 1.25m. Only 1.0052 according to the panel sales. Bumped up by 250,000. Then (whoever did put this together) misses out at least 3 other 1976 big sellers. Yes you've got shipments vs panel sales. With BMRB missing out tons of Independant stores & the other sales compilers (Record Business) missing out Woolworths, it's just pure speculation. Quite a turn around, as I suspect this was called "a chart that counts" in 1987. Whoever did compile it, should be ashamed of themselves. It is complete crap. Human League had past 900,000 by the week of 9th Jan 82. But sold less than 200,000 during the rest of 82. So, it's more like 1.1m for the 81/82 equation. Add a few more thousand for the next 3 years. Blondie depends on missing Independant stores information.As I posted above, the 1987 Radio 1 chart was compiled by Alan Jones, then of Record Mirror and now with Music Week. The Brotherhood Of Man sales come from the first ever BPI end of year chart (1976) to feature sales - and you're right, Alan has over calculated the sales of that single. Its sales were given as being 1,050,000 at the time, though Alan also reported that in 2002 (when he compiled the chart for the 50th anniversary of the singles chart and which was broadcast on Channel 4) that the single had sold 1,006,200 copies, so he appears to change his mind at will! Alan has used a multiplier factor of 19 rather than 16 for the panel sales for the record in the 1987 Radio 1 chart. Edited June 26, 201411 yr by Robbie
June 28, 201411 yr As I posted above, the 1987 Radio 1 chart was compiled by Alan Jones, then of Record Mirror and now with Music Week. The Brotherhood Of Man sales come from the first ever BPI end of year chart (1976) to feature sales - and you're right, Alan has over calculated the sales of that single. Its sales were given as being 1,050,000 at the time, though Alan also reported that in 2002 (when he compiled the chart for the 50th anniversary of the singles chart and which was broadcast on Channel 4) that the single had sold 1,006,200 copies, so he appears to change his mind at will! Alan has used a multiplier factor of 19 rather than 16 for the panel sales for the record in the 1987 Radio 1 chart. Very interesting. He seems also to have used a 19 factor, for much of the 1985/89 in the Radio One Top 80 Of The 80s. It was actually 16 point something for 1976 (rounded up to 17 for the BMRB lists). A 20 was decreased for 17 in the 1970/75 period. Though a 20 has to be used for 78/79 period to get anywhere near the suggested sales figures.
May 20, 20205 yr Author Just to say i do have a recording of the last bit of this countdown, the Bruno Brooks show that counted down the last 16 albums and singles. I wish i could share this but (a) i am worried about infringing music rights and (b) i dont know how to convert a music file to a video file to post on a video sharing site. I am sure one or two people would be interested in hearing the recording and a little bit of history.
May 20, 20205 yr Just to say i do have a recording of the last bit of this countdown, the Bruno Brooks show that counted down the last 16 albums and singles. I wish i could share this but (a) i am worried about infringing music rights and (b) i dont know how to convert a music file to a video file to post on a video sharing site. I am sure one or two people would be interested in hearing the recording and a little bit of history. Upload it to Mixcloud.com - they pay royalties on the music
June 20, 20205 yr Author Voting Slip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17UBQ6F-0zQ...iew?usp=sharing Singles 1-50: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UrGPfYO7-l...iew?usp=sharing Singles 51-100 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bT4ldxt2E5...iew?usp=sharing Albums 1-50 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uM1Vs-qV7U...iew?usp=sharing Albums 51-100 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncTiKuR_C7...iew?usp=sharing I am sharing scans of the actual charts - also sent with the charts was a voting form for another countdown - Radio 1's All-Time Listeners Top 100. I remember sending off a stamped addressed envelope for the actual charts - i had obviously missed most of the countdown during the day because of school. Edited June 20, 20205 yr by mick745
June 21, 20205 yr A stamped addressed envelope - there’s a blast from the past. Most of Buzzjack won’t know what that is :lol:
July 28, 20204 yr Author Upload it to Mixcloud.com - they pay royalties on the music I have uploaded the first part of the show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/mick745/radio-1-20...september-1987/
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