As 2024 dawns, and life returns to normal after the holidays, I’ve launched a new chart book, and in this blog post we shall discuss the series and plans for 2024 – and also if I managed to achieve the plans I had for 2023! New Chart Book! This is new to the website, but …
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The Gallup Top 200 -1983-1989
I have been wanting to do this book for a long time, and now, finally, I can! This volume – my largest book yet – contains over 4,000 pages with the BMRB charts for 1980-1982, and then the complete Gallup Top 200 charts from 1983-1989, complete with panel sales. The book covers all Top 200 …
New Books – Record Mirror and Billboard
One of the things I really enjoy doing is researching a chart that has either been overlooked or not researched in the same way that I can. Both of these are true for the two new books I’m going to discuss today. Record Mirror The first book is the third version – and definitive version – …
Page Changes
I’ve spent some time today tidying up the website and consolidating all the information about the UK Decade Series in one easy to find page. This new page is here and I hope that all the links work. I’ve also added a new option that allows the purchase of all 7 UK Decade volumes for …
85 Years Of Billboard Charts
I couldn’t not do a Billboard series could I? With most of the charts available easily enough to put into the database, and a wealth of data from places like Discogs and Wikipedia to augment the data, I just couldn’t resit. I do know of course that Record Research have bene making – and continue …
Website Updates
Since the 70 Years series began in February 2022, completing in June 2023, I have been flat out running to ensure that has gone to time – something which has not always been plain sailing. At the time of writing this post, I have still got a couple of Decade volumes to produce as well …
The 1980’s
Way back in 2017 I issued the first volume in my Decade series, the 1950’s, showcasing each decade of the UK charts as a single volume. Today I launch the next – the 1980’s. This volume is the biggest yet – partially explained by the huge increase in chart size. In 1960 we had a …
The 1950’s Decade Series
On holiday in the Lake District, one evening by the fire, my wife and I were talking and she asked me why I liked the charts so much. I tried to explain. My wife is not a fan of the charts, but that does not stop her appreciating the enthusiasm and effort I take over …
The 70 Years Series – An Update
Firstly, I want to say I am overwhelmed by the delightful messages I have been getting about the first 10 issues of the series that have been released so far. I’m humbled that everybody is enjoying the series so much, and very grateful to you all for purchasing it. I am amending the subscription rate …
70 Years of the UK Charts
A new book subscription series In 1952 Percy Dickins, who died in 2002, launched the first chart specifically looking at music sales in the United Kingdom. 1952, 70 years ago, was the start of a new Elizabethan era and a feeling of newness as the dark days of the War (both of them), still fresh in …