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Post by Partridge on Sept 20, 2023 22:06:06 GMT -5
Billboard, March 29, 1980      CashBox, March 29, 1980     Record World, March 29, 1980  
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Post by erik on Sept 21, 2023 8:44:10 GMT -5
Linda was certainly still making her presence on the charts well known, even if it wasn't on the saturation level that we'd see in Madonna, Taylor Swift, or Beyoncé in later decades. And however much the "underground" rock press (particularly the ones propping up punk and new wave) were sneering at her behind her back, she just did what she wanted, and she kept on keeping on.
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Post by fabtastique on Sept 21, 2023 9:39:23 GMT -5
Linda was selling millions of records in her day … big difference to streaming.
I think streaming has brought about a casualness and disposable element to music. For £12-15 per month you have access to pretty much everything.
Great for portability but almost too easy. That’s why I’m loving the vinyl and CD resurgence.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Sept 21, 2023 11:32:13 GMT -5
I agree, fab!!! When I used to buy albums especially vinyl records, I felt like I owned the song in some way. Maybe you can get the feeling I am trying to project. There are albums/cds, in recent years, I haven't bought even used (this does not include Linda because I buy all her used recordings) because I said to myself I can listen to the album or any song off it anytime I want with the internet. eddiejinnj
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Post by eddiejinnj on Sept 21, 2023 11:47:45 GMT -5
It is cool that Mad love was on the Album chart in Japan. eddiejinnj
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Post by MokyWI on Sept 21, 2023 15:09:15 GMT -5
I am assuming Linda did two legs for the Mad Love Tour. Could it just have been one/30 day tour? She had Pirates. I am assuming she fit in a second leg. Maybe she did a second stint between Pirates in Central Park before moving to Broadway? She really started 1980 off with a bam. Hit album, hit tour, and then she hit Broadway to great success after blowing it out of Central Park that summer. I am listening to Bob Seger’s album Against The Wind right now. These charts from that time brings back great memories for me. Thank for the time consuming work posting these for us.
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Post by revin2go on Sept 22, 2023 11:43:50 GMT -5
I am assuming Linda did two legs for the Mad Love Tour. Could it just have been one/30 day tour? She had Pirates. I am assuming she fit in a second leg. Maybe she did a second stint between Pirates in Central Park before moving to Broadway? She really started 1980 off with a bam. Hit album, hit tour, and then she hit Broadway to great success after blowing it out of Central Park that summer. I am listening to Bob Seger’s album Against The Wind right now. These charts from that time brings back great memories for me. Thank for the time consuming work posting these for us. To the best of my knowledge and recollection, this was Linda's biggest and most successful tour. In the Detroit area, she did three legs: the first was at the brand-new Joe Louis Boxing Arena in April, 1980, then in October after her summer stint with Pirates in Central Park, she played Crysler Arena at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In December, she went to Broadway to do Pirates, and then in the summer of 1981, she did the third leg of the Mad Love tour, but it was primarily outdoor amphitheaters like Pine Knob in Clarkston, Michigan. For the Get Closer tour in 1982, she may have done a few arenas in larger cities, but it was apparent her massive sellout arena tours were coming to a close. |
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