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Post by Partridge on Oct 25, 2023 11:15:08 GMT -5
Billboard, July 5, 1980Record World, July 5, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 24, 2023 23:52:21 GMT -5
This special fiscal end of year also had a section with the dates that records earned gold and platinum awards: GOLD AWARDS: 01-31-1975 Heart Like A Wheel 08-25-1975 Don't Cry Now 10-08-1975 Prisoner in Disguise 08-30-1976 Hasten Down the Wind 12-08-1976 Greatest Hits 09-19-1977 Simple Dreams 01-25-1978 Blue Bayou 09-22-1978 Living in the USA 11-13-1978 Retrospective 05-12-1980 Mad Love PLATINUM AWARDS: 10-28-1976 Hasten Down the Wind 01-19-1977 Greatest Hits 10-12-1977 Simple Dreams 09-22-1978 Living in the USA 05-12-1980 Mad Love Check it out here:
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Post by Partridge on Oct 24, 2023 12:40:34 GMT -5
The Pop Singles and Album Awards—are those the December year-end awards? They represent chart action over the previous 12 months. Billboard does those calculations at year-end. Apparently CashBox does their calculations in June. If I recall correctly, Linda was #1 in Billboard at year-end but one of the other trade journals still had Donna Summer on top.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 24, 2023 2:43:11 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge on Oct 22, 2023 12:53:24 GMT -5
Billboard, June 28, 1980CashBox, June 28, 1980Record World, June 28, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 21, 2023 13:45:18 GMT -5
Billboard, June 21, 1980CashBox, June 21, 1980Record World, June 21, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 20, 2023 11:53:33 GMT -5
Billboard, June 7, 1980CashBox, June 7, 1980Record World, June 7, 1980Billboard, June 14, 1980CashBox, June 14, 1980Record World, June 14, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 16, 2023 20:17:23 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 30, 1980Billboard, May 31, 1980CashBox, May 31, 1980Record World, May 31, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 15, 2023 1:42:15 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 23, 1980 Linda Ronstadt's got nothing on this girl. That is maybe the stupidest sentence to appear in any of these trade magazines. Another example of sticking Linda Ronstadt's name in a situation in which it does not belong.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 15, 2023 1:39:43 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 23, 1980Billboard, May 24, 1980CashBox, May 24, 1980Record World, May 24, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 12, 2023 22:22:10 GMT -5
I took it as a good review in a magazine that normally did nothing more than an occasional snark about Linda Ronstadt. That is why I was confused/surprised by his idiotic non sequitur insult in the final sentence of his Jimmy Webb review.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 12, 2023 1:01:14 GMT -5
from November 1977 issue of Rip It Up, reviews of latest Ronstadt album and first Blondie album:
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Post by Partridge on Oct 11, 2023 0:22:06 GMT -5
The author of the Best Classic Bands HDTW article made the correction--it now reads: “ 'Try Me Again,' mostly written by Ronstadt with an assist from Andrew Gold..." Tonight I did something that is uncharacteristic of me. Someone posted on Facebook that Linda and Andrew wrote Try Me Again, and that Andrew Gold wrote a lot of her songs. So I argued about her inaccurate information. If I disagreed every time someone wrote an untrue Ronstadt factoid, I could spend my entire life arguing.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 10, 2023 20:55:54 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 16, 1980Billboard, May 17. 1980CashBox, May 17, 1980Record World, May 17, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 9, 2023 16:51:23 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 9, 1980Billboard, May 10, 1980CashBox, May 10, 1980Record World, May 10, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 8, 2023 15:41:46 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 2, 1980Billboard, May 3, 1980CashBox, May 3, 1980Record World, May 3, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 6, 2023 22:24:09 GMT -5
I've been perusing many issues of Rip It Up, which was an excremental music publication in New Zealand. Most of the references to Linda Ronstadt I've found there have been snide remarks by amateur journalists. For instance, this review of Jimmy Webb from October 1978. At that point in time, Linda had not recorded any of Webb's songs, although she would go on to record several and to produce an album by him. This makes the writer's closing remark of the review somewhat idiotic looking back from the future. Later I will share this same writer's positive review of Simple Dreams.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 6, 2023 20:33:14 GMT -5
Sadly only once. 1976 - Myrtle Beach. I saw her the following night in Greenville, SC.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 6, 2023 13:39:34 GMT -5
Billboard, April 26, 1980CashBox, April 26, 1980Record World, April 26, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Oct 5, 2023 12:43:11 GMT -5
In this Rolling Stone article it states: " Mad Love was not a commercial success, to say the least, ending her reign on the pop charts." How can a million-selling album that debuted in the Top 5 be regarded as a flop? Did this article come at a time when Rolling Stone had lost all credibility? Of course, it seems more like an article about Elvis Costello, the official asshat of this webpage, who seems to be happy about Linda's demise. Rolling Stone articleSo, in 1989, Elvis Costello is still on his anti-Linda tirade. What a loser! He released an album at the same time as Mad Love, which sold considerably worse.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 4, 2023 23:21:57 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge on Oct 3, 2023 21:35:11 GMT -5
The judges are the reason I tune out.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 1, 2023 23:21:34 GMT -5
In your opinion, are those programs about the talent or more about the judges?
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Post by Partridge on Oct 1, 2023 23:18:23 GMT -5
Yes it was a heavy platter. Far from the RCA Dynaflex LPs of the early 1970s. Those you could almost bend into a sandwich.
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Post by Partridge on Sept 30, 2023 14:46:15 GMT -5
I have received both the vinyl and CD. The cover graphics seem darker than I remember, but I never bought the original vinyl. I can see the appeal of vinyl in holding the LP, being that I am able to read the lyrics and inserts without reading glasses. The CD digipak is an improvement over the jewel case issue; and to think, I used to avoid the digipaks. I even put off buying a new Bonnie Raitt CD until I could find it in a jewel case that would fit in with the collection. Probably OCD.
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Post by Partridge on Sept 30, 2023 14:01:07 GMT -5
Radio and Records, April 11, 1980Billboard, April 12, 1980CashBox, April 12, 1980Record World, April 12, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Sept 30, 2023 0:58:30 GMT -5
Radio and Records, April 4, 1980Billboard, April 5, 1980CashBox, April 5, 1980Record World, April 5, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Sept 29, 2023 14:27:43 GMT -5
I still have Elvis on the enemies list. I bought his first 4 albums but then I decided he did not deserve my money. linkI found this offhand remark Costello made in an interview with Musician magazine. This is late 1983 and that horses' ass still drags on Ronstadt for no apparent reason.
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Post by Partridge on Sept 20, 2023 22:06:06 GMT -5
Billboard, March 29, 1980CashBox, March 29, 1980Record World, March 29, 1980
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Post by Partridge on Sept 19, 2023 12:21:41 GMT -5
Appparently the CD rerelease has been pushed back to early November … ? Yes, my preorder was pushed another month into the future.
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