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Hi Can anyone help me confirm the correct chart dates for 1960's charts. I have a database that I downloaded years ago with 1960's charts, but the dates differ from those shown on the OCC website. For example, I've got the Christmas chart for 1967 as week ending 30th December 1967, but the Official Charts website lists this same chart as 27/12/67-02/01/68. I remember seeing a comment on a Facebook group that the OCC moved the dates by 3 days to tie in with the publication dates of later charts but does anyone know what dates were affected by this? Was it all of the 1960's? Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks Dan.

Hi Does anyone know if there were ever official decade end top 100 best selling singles charts published for the 1990’s and 2000’s. I can only find top 40’s? Thanks for any help

It's sad to see the decline in listeners to the Radio 1 Top 40 but it's not that surprising. The Top 40 on a Sunday used to be an event but it lost importance due to the midweeks info being released. The format of the radio show was tinkered with too much - records would be skipped, features would be added, and I outgrew what was the target audience as Radio 1 panicked about appealing to anyone older than their remit would allow. I couldn't imagine sitting glued to a 3 hour radio show now. Times change. Fearne and Reggie were the final nail in the coffin for me.

I don't mind, but at least jewel cases can be replaced if they get damaged.

Still prefer CD albums but love the instancy of downloads for tracks. I still like having that physical copy of a CD album for the booklet etc. Also, you can generally get the CD for around the same price or cheaper than a download. Plus you don't need to worry about losing a computer file or your hard drive knackering.

Dunno about the better quality??? Can an mp3 ever be better than a CD?

From Digital Spy... BBC Four saw its audience rocket last night as Top of the Pops made a triumphant return to primetime, early overnight data indicates. Big Hits: TOTP 1964 to 1975 kicked off the music-themed night with 880k (3.7%) between 8.30pm and 10pm, following which Top of the Pops: The Story of 1976 was seen by 1.13m (5.7%), the channel's largest Friday audience in its history. At 10.50pm, the nostalgia continued with 850k (5.8%) for an original Top of the Pops episode, after which documentary Top of the Pops: The True Story grabbed 675k (7.2%) at 11.20pm.

Yes, I remember that. Both sets of shops were literally within 2 minutes walk from each other. And they were all busy! Saturday in Virgin was hectic. I worked there on Saturdays for about 8 weeks when it first opened on Argyle Street. It was a sh*t job so I had to give it up. You could have been selling baked beans for all they cared. Bizarrely, they always ran out of 1p pieces by about lunchtime which I always found completely frustrating in a shop where EVERY product price ended in 99 pence!!! I really miss the late night opening of Tower Records in Glasgow too. Fantastic for night time browsing and always had real gems of import CD's. Good times!

I immediately thought of the three stores in Glasgow City Centre when I read the MW article. They are all within 10-15 mins walk of each other. I only ever visit the Argyle Street store so I'm glad to hear that there's a good chance that it won't be affected. It will be sad to see any of them go though. I used to work part time in the Virgin store on Argyle Street right next door to HMV. This was in 1988/9 and who would have thought then, with 2 huge music stores surviving side by side, that there was possibly a time when a city centre wouldn't have a big music store! Hopefully that's still a long time away!

I agree with some of the points made, but I'd be GUTTED if HMV close. There was a report at the tail end of last year saying that they could be the next Woolworths. Yes, the catalogue product instore is ridiculously priced in some cases (it always has been), but they really are competing well on chart/new releases in store and the 2 for £10 deals are great. I can't imagine going into the city centre or to a shopping centre and not visiting HMV. It's just great to browse through their stuff, and it's worth an extra pound or two to do that. We cannot rely on supermarkets for our CD's. The amount of shelf space given to CD's has shrunk in the last year or so, and it will continue to do so if demand falls. Supermarkets are understandably ruthless when it comes to this. No retailer can compete with a £7-£8 price tag on a chart CD, but the supermarkets will make a loss on that item to get you in store in the hope that you buy other items while you are in. I cannot fault HMV for not matching these prices when it is a core part of their business. In my opinion, one of the biggest problems last year for CD sales was that the release schedule was very poor. Take That show that the potential is still there for a big new album, but it was a fairly uninspiring year. Downloading is obviously an issue too, but if there isn't good product in store then people won't buy CD's. Here's hoping that HMV can pull through.

Does anyone know where the revised top 100's are available online?

I was in my local HMV at lunchtime and wondered what the point of these were... BRYAN ADAMS "Bare Bones" Standard CD: £9.99 Deluxe edition: £15.99 :o ANNIE LENNOX "A Christmas Cornucopia" Standard CD: £9.99 Deluxe edition: £19.99 :o :o Both deluxe editions featured no extra tracks, just different packaging. BA was a cardboard sleeve with gold embossing, and Annie's was just a fancier cardboard sleeve. Totally pointless in my opinion. I think that they only serve to confuse consumers. :wacko:

Enjoy Rhythmic while it's still there. I don't live in Greenock but I always make a point of going to that store when I go there, and it's a great little independent CD store. There is no way that they can compete with Tesco, and I certainly don't grudge them a pound or two to give them a little bit of profit. Most chart albums were around £9.99-£11.99 the last time that I was in, but they had loads of special offers too, mainly on back catalogue. It has probably only survived cos Woolies in that centre closed down, and WH Smith gave up on CD's around the same time (still a baffling decision as surely there was a market there to be exploited) Tesco are already threatening to reduce shelf space for CD's (and some stores are already noticeably cut back), so let's hope that there are still some independent stores out there when the supermarkets give up on music. I love the instancy of downloads, but I much prefer to have a physical copy of an album.

I've just read that the TOTP2 was watched by 3.5m viewers and was the 4th most watched programme on BBC2 w/e 27th December.