That's sort of irrelevant to this particular case with The Dualers though I think, because it's common place for artists to issue multiple formats now - that's not a case for DQ unless they don't meet the rules in the way you've described:

I've had a look at the recordstore site HEREwhere they were being sold on the 3 for £5 offer, and it appears all 3 versions were and are available to buy separately as well.

 

dont think they were in the 3 for £5 offer (only saw two versions out), but they were shoved down the chart wall out of eyeline where all the smaller songs are put.

The chart is not compiled by the OCC, but by a company called Millward Brown. They are, according to their website, "one of the worlds leading research companies" :cheer: . Perhaps we should be contacting them about the Dualars single? I wish someone could explain exactly what happened. CliveR, if you have all the facts, please reply. Robbie, you seem to know how the chart runs. Can you tell us all about it?

Millward Brown are the market research company who actually compile the charts, but they do so on behalf of the OCC. They don't set the rules, but merely compile the chart according to the wishes of the OCC. It's the OCC who decide on exclusions etc. If anyone was to contact MB they would just not respond. All queries about the charts have to go via the OCC...

 

 

"Goodwill" is a word rarely used within the music business, though since the 'issue' is still apparently 'under discussion' we can but hope for a positive solution......and now with the imminent demise of TOTP, what, if any, is the future of OCC ?!

 

Maybe 'they' could follow historic US practice and combine sales/downloads/airplay for a chart listing....but given the lamentable state of UK radio, that would keep Baker Street and Moondance etc in the charts in perpetuity!!

Baker Street is probably a bad example to pick when comparing the US charts to the UK!: it was the song that cost the then chart manager of Billboard his job! The record was placed at #1 on Bilboard for a total of 2 hours and then demoted to #2 by the guy who had just had lunch with Andy Gibb the previous night. "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb was the song that was "promoted" back to #1 when the chart manager intervened the following day: the result was a vacancy for a new chart manager...

 

Baker Street is probably a bad example to pick when comparing the US charts to the UK!: it was the song that cost the then chart manager of Billboard his job! The record was placed at #1 on Bilboard for a total of 2 hours and then demoted to #2 by the guy who had just had lunch with Andy Gibb the previous night. "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb was the song that was "promoted" back to #1 when the chart manager intervened the following day: the result was a vacancy for a new chart manager...

 

if its that record with the sax (by bob holness, alleg :lol:), give that man a golden star for putting something else at number one :lol:

 

i normally go to the bar or toilet when the bloke in the pub puts that on before the quiz

lol!

 

It certainly features a sax, though I don't know who plays the instrument...

 

Yeah, the record actually appeared in Record Mirror as the US number one that week as RM had received the chart by telephone (as it did back then) and the corrected chart was received too late. The end result was that Baker Street ended up spending 6 weeks at #2, with a mere 2 hours as an "incorrect" number one!

lol!

 

It certainly features a sax, though I don't know who plays the instrument...

 

 

the bob holness thing was in the metro last week

 

Holness was the subject of an urban myth, initiated by broadcaster Stuart Maconie, who while writing for the New Musical Express, claimed (untruthfully) that Holness played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street". The true performer was Raphael Ravenscroft. The story clearly appealed to Holness' sense of humour as he has often played along with the myth, and has also at various times jokingly claimed to be the lead guitarist on Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla" and the mysterious individual putting Elvis Presley off his stride on the famous "laughing version" of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?".

 

 

Wonder what will stop 'The Melting Pot' hitting the top 20 charts next weekend :oS 8-)