jamieanderson1968
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The start of the cd gold rush for labels. "Get rid of those noisy vinyl records and replace them all with shiny little discs!" Perfect sounds forever.
Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I remember in 1st grade going on a field trip to the local radio station and the DJ showing us a CD (which was probably the first time I had ever seen one in person) and him waxing poetic about how CDs were the future; easy to queue up a track and much smaller but also they were practically scratch resistant and would last forever… I wouldn’t get my first CD player until 5th grade but it didn’t take long to figure that some of the original CD hype was kinda bullshit.
jamieanderson1968
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I think I bought my first cd player in post Christmas sales in 1989, so basically 35 years ago.
Wicked Dreamer
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also, some ads (none modern rock-related lol) from Radio & Records dated January 12th:
jamieanderson1968
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Being Canadian, you could not escape that Alanah Myles song. I absolutely hated it
TenderLovingKiller®
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I woulda guessed Taylor Dayne sung “Black Velvet” .
Nee Lewman
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That’s around when my parents gave me my first one which I ran through their magnavox all in one set up with a tuner and a turntable.
imtheocean
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'85 I think. I remember getting the first CD release of Nebraska along with my CD player, which according to discogs was '85.
jamieanderson1968
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My first cd was Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Then a couple of days later I bought Didjits - Hey Judester. Very similar styles
Bohnjaggs
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You can tell that I'm not a huge fan of The Cure because I'm not sure I've ever heard "Fascination Street" until today. "Lovesong" was inescapable though.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 1/13/1990
No. 1 Song
The Jesus And Mary Chain - “Blues From A Gun”
Tracks that fell out of the top
Graham Parker - “Big Man On Paper”
The Cure - “Lullaby”
New Additions
Depeche Mode - “Dangerous”
Young Fresh Fellows - “Carrot Head”
No. 1 Song
The Jesus And Mary Chain - “Blues From A Gun”
Tracks that fell out of the top
Graham Parker - “Big Man On Paper”
The Cure - “Lullaby”
New Additions
Depeche Mode - “Dangerous”
Young Fresh Fellows - “Carrot Head”
jamieanderson1968
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The Seattle Explosion… starting with the Young Fresh Fellows!
Wicked Dreamer
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Some great non-modern rock ads from that week’s Billboard…
…and an interesting letter to the editor:
…and an interesting letter to the editor:
Nee Lewman
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Some of the first digi/eco packs were designed to look like a long box and then folded to the standard size. Sting’s The Soul Cages was like this.
Wicked Dreamer
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some more ads from Radio & Records this week in 1990...
TenderLovingKiller®
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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 1/20/1990
No. 1 Song
The Psychedelic Furs - “House”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Smithereens - “A Girl Like You”
David Byrne - “Dirty Old Town”
The Alarm - “Devolution Workin’ Man Blues”
The Wonderful Stuff - “Radio Ass Kiss”
Tears For Fears - “Woman In Chains”
Flesh For Lulu - “Time & Space”
Big Audio Dynamite - “Contact”
New Additions
Peter Murphy - “Cuts You Up”
The Jesus & Mary Chain - “Head On”
Electronic - “Getting Away With It”
Kate Bush - “The Sensual World”
No. 1 Song
The Psychedelic Furs - “House”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The Smithereens - “A Girl Like You”
David Byrne - “Dirty Old Town”
The Alarm - “Devolution Workin’ Man Blues”
The Wonderful Stuff - “Radio Ass Kiss”
Tears For Fears - “Woman In Chains”
Flesh For Lulu - “Time & Space”
Big Audio Dynamite - “Contact”
New Additions
Peter Murphy - “Cuts You Up”
The Jesus & Mary Chain - “Head On”
Electronic - “Getting Away With It”
Kate Bush - “The Sensual World”
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TenderLovingKiller®
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New Additions Continued…
Shawn Colvin - “Steady On”
Eleventh Dream Day - “Testify”
The Smithereens - “Blues Before and After”
Shawn Colvin - “Steady On”
Eleventh Dream Day - “Testify”
The Smithereens - “Blues Before and After”
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jamieanderson1968
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Good to see Eleventh Dream Day make an appearance
TenderLovingKiller®
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The one I was most excited for was Electronic. A band I personally just discovered last week while Marathoning Industry on HBO Max.
You and probably many others on here were probably well aware of the “super group” of sorts with a team up of Johnny Marr and New Order’s Bernard Sumner. It seemed like something that might make this chart but I assumed not until 1991 since that was when the actual LP was released.
Not familiar with with Eleventh Day Dream (That song isn’t on Spotify currently) I was also unfamiliar with Shawn Colvin pre “Sunny Came Home”.
jamieanderson1968
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It is weird that Beet, which is Eleventh Dream Day’s first album on Atlantic, isn’t streaming but all their subsequent records are. Doug McCombs went on to be a founding member of Tortoise.