Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago

[jamieanderson1968]

the back page of Billboard that week, promoting the new Hendrix remasters:

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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.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

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.

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]

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.

I think I bought my first cd player in post Christmas sales in 1989, so basically 35 years ago.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

also, some ads (none modern rock-related lol) from Radio & Records dated January 12th:

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Being Canadian, you could not escape that Alanah Myles song. I absolutely hated it

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Being Canadian, you could not escape that Alanah Myles song. I absolutely hated it

I woulda guessed Taylor Dayne sung “Black Velvet” .

 

[Nee Lewman]

I think I bought my first cd player in post Christmas sales in 1989, so basically 35 years ago.

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]

I think I bought my first cd player in post Christmas sales in 1989, so basically 35 years ago.

'85 I think. I remember getting the first CD release of Nebraska along with my CD player, which according to discogs was '85.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

'85 I think. I remember getting the first CD release of Nebraska along with my CD player, which according to discogs was '85.

My first cd was Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Then a couple of days later I bought Didjits - Hey Judester. Very similar styles

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Here’s the Spotify playlist…

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®]

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”

 

[jamieanderson1968]

The Seattle Explosion… starting with the Young Fresh Fellows!

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Some great non-modern rock ads from that week’s Billboard…



…and an interesting letter to the editor:

 

[Nee Lewman]

Some great non-modern rock ads from that week’s Billboard…

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…and an interesting letter to the editor:

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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]

some more ads from Radio & Records this week in 1990...