Need Help Finding Charts

[pannythief]

Hello friends,

I am searching for the U.K. funk/disco charts from the late 70's and early 80's, does anyone know if/where these can be found, and who the publisher was? I have spent a couple of hours browsing sites through Google to no avail. I have the Billboard Disco charts from the U.S. and the U.K. Top 75 Singles charts which are great resources, but I have yet to find the U.K. dance listings.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Pannythief

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by pannythief

Hello friends,

I am searching for the U.K. funk/disco charts from the late 70's and early 80's, does anyone know if/where these can be found, and who the publisher was? I have spent a couple of hours browsing sites through Google to no avail. I have the Billboard Disco charts from the U.S. and the U.K. Top 75 Singles charts which are great resources, but I have yet to find the U.K. dance listings.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Pannythief

Record Mirror is the magazine you have to look out for. Try some reference libraries in big cities.

[SandraDee]

As Quimmy says, Record Mirror was fab for disco/dance charts. Also, Smash Hits had a good disco chart featured in its early days in the late 70s.

[pannythief]

Thanks for your help! I will check on eBay to see what issues are available. If you know of any independent sellers outside of eBay please let me know.

Unfortunately I don't think any U.S. libraries would carry those publications

-Pannythief

[QUINNY]

Originally Posted by pannythief

Thanks for your help! I will check on eBay to see what issues are available. If you know of any independent sellers outside of eBay please let me know.

Unfortunately I don't think any U.S. libraries would carry those publications

-Pannythief

I wouldn't totally rule out there being a US city libary with UK dance charts. Maybe one in the dance centres of NY, LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami might have had an enlightened librarian at the time. After all, our UK reference libraries carry plenty of US publications and vice versa.

[disco-disc]

Hi Panny Thief....R U REALLY in Florida...if so WHY u want UK charts ???
In the UK, RM can be acessed at the London Library...BUT they cost a small fortune to photocopy I KNOW ..
Blues and Soul mag did charts , but mostly Soul !

What u REALLY after ? perhaps I could help

[pannythief]

Hi Quinny - Thanks again, I will look into the library situation, although if I had to drive or fly to any of those places, I would rather just make the trip to the U.K.!

Starsky - I collect charts and records. I grew up in England during the disco/post-disco era and the scene was completely different from what was going on in the U.S. at the time. Just trying to obtain some info and hopefully some good tunes and memories down the line. BTW, panny cabinet is fully stocked right now

-Pannythief

[disco-disc]

Panny, Stick around....Read Greg Wilson's Time Capsule..just starting '77 now...Yes I agree charts were TOTALLY different BUT the only option is RM at London Library on Microfiche....BUT as I said I will answer any queries u have
S
...not interesterested in u're CABINET

[pannythief]

Originally Posted by starsky

...not interesterested in u're CABINET

Sorry Starsky, thought you were poking fun at the screen name. It should have beeen fairly apparent from my first post exactly what I was looking for.

[funky munky]

The RM disco charts were a top 100 every week, based on DJ playlists but were very unwieldy and not entirely representative of what was happening that week. e.g. records would hang around for months and months, while the #1 wasn't particularly the biggest sound around (IMO).

A trade mag called 'Record Business' published a weekly disco chart based on sales at specialist shops (Groove, Record Shack etc) which was more meaningful and was broadcast on Radio Luxembourg. Drawbacks - it was singles only (no LP cuts), and sometimes included dodgy artists such as Wham. Smash Hits published this same chart in the early 80's.

Possibly the best chart was Tony Munson's 'Street Sales Chart', which was printed in 'Black Echoes' mag. This was really upfront and provided a really useful checklist of new releases/imports/LPs etc.