Reply With QuoteOMG, people actually paid attention to our Top 10 lists??? :o
Remicks, where in the world did you find this list? I don't remember us ever saving the lists, but it sounds about right.
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Top sellers at Aloha Records, San Francisco for the week of :
JULY 19, 1982
LPs
1 --- Gino Soccio - FACE TO FACE
2 --- Lime - LIME II
3 --- Boystown Gang --DISC CHARGE
4 --- Cheryl Lynn - INSTANT LOVE
5 --- Pointer Sisters - SO EXCITED
6 --- Laura Branigan - BRANIGAN
7 --- Roxy Music --- AVALON
8 --- Human League --- DARE
9 --- Voyage - ONE STEP
10 -- Ashford & Simpson - STREET OPERA
I'll add the TOP 10 12" next ..............
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OMG, people actually paid attention to our Top 10 lists??? :o
Remicks, where in the world did you find this list? I don't remember us ever saving the lists, but it sounds about right.
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.......Keefelc , you'd be surprised at what all ol' remicks knows.....
For instance , would you like to see what your good friends at the record store around the corner from you...... Grammaphone ...... listed as their Top 10 lps for the same week ? ........ :)
Grammaphone Records
432 Castro St. San Francisco
Top Ten Sales :
July 19, 1982
LPs
1 --- Gino Soccio - FACE TO FACE
2 --- Lime - LIME II
3 --- Pointer Sisters - SO EXCITED
4 --- Cheryl Lynn - INSTANT LOVE
5 --- Laura Branigan - BRANIGAN
6 --- Stevie Wonder - MUSIQUARIUM
7 --- Atkins - WE GONE MAKE YOU MOVE
8 --- Kid Creole $ The Coconuts - WISE GUY
9 --- Roxy Music - AVALON
10 -- Abba - THE VISITORS
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HOW DO YOU REMEMBER THESE THINGS, Remicks??????? Well, I'm just thankful that you do.
I actually loved Gramophone Records! You would find me at their original store on Polk Street every week for new releases before Aloha came along. Let's see, who used to work there? The owners Dean and was it Randy??? Then there were Clive, Brad and Jennifer who I have to thank for the valuable classics now in my collection. They alway steered me in the right direction.
Anyway, when they opened Gramophone 2 on Castro, a couple of the Aloha gang ended up working over at Gramophone. I remember both branches of Gramophone had some fun singers stop by for autograph sessions, Randy Crawford (hardly anyone showed up so they begged me to go over and ask for her autograph - I'm glad I did!), Grace Jones (she tried to steal my pen!), Brooklyn Dreams (before Bruce married Donna - I could have sworn they were all gay!), Melba Moore (she was so sweet), and so many more. Oh, and how can I forget Sharon Redd when she wrote to me, "Do calm down!" :oops: What do you expect? I saw her after a night at the Troc!
We rarely had anybody at Aloha. I can only remember Claudja Barry, Paul Parker, Flock of Seagulls, Sylvester along with Martha and Izora, and Sherrie Payne. Oddly enough, how many years later, Sherrie and Freda are going to be at Medium Rare Music to do an autograph session in a few days. Everything old is new again!
Anyway, thanks for the list Remicks! I would love to see what else we would conjure up to be on our lists! BTW, remember the list of upcoming releases at the top of the stairs at Aloha? Guess who use to write most of those?
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Of course ! You all were good at hypin' the latest .... had us wanting those records before we were even all the way up the stairs .... that was the name of the game .....nothing hotter than HOT disco ..... and nothing colder once it got old ......Originally Written by keefelc
Here are the two store's 12" sales that week :
ALOHA:
1 --- Patrick Cowley /Sylvester - DO YOU WANNA FUNK
2 --- Lime -BABE WE’RE GING TO LOVE TONIGHT
3 --- Aretha Franklin - JUMP TO IT
4 --- Booker T - DON’T STOP YOUR LOVE
5 --- Cheryl Lynn - INSTANT LOVE
6 --- Laura Branigan - GLORIA
7 --- Human League - DON’T YOU WANT ME
8 --- Tantra --- MA CUM BA
9 --- SoulSonic Force - PLANET ROCK
10 -- Viola Wells - STORMY WEATHER
Grammaphone :
1 ---Paul Parker - RIGHT ON TARGET
2 --- Viola Wells - STORMY WEATHER
3 --- Cowley/ Sylvester - DO YOU WANNA FUNK
4 --- Lime --- BABE WE’RE GONNA LOVE TONIGHT
5 --- Soul Sonic Force - PLANET ROCK
6 --- Risqué - THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN
7 --- Q-Feel - DANCING IN HEAVEN
8 --- Brenda Jones - SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU
9 --- Lipps Inc - DESIGNER MUSIC
10 -- Divine - NATIVE LOVE
OK --- Keefelc .... I'll fess up ............ this is a BADDA report for July 19, 1982 I'm looking at
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Hey remicks, it dawned on me last night that BADDA may have published our charts. So, do you have anymore??? I, for one, would love to see them please!
As for Aloha's and Gramophone's charts, isn't it interesting the similarities in our Top 10 Albums and the differences with our Top 12 charts. You might notice Aloha's Top 12" chart leans tad more towards the pop soul market (Aretha, Booker T and Cheryl were big favorites of ours!). Probably because you had so many morning music Troc fans working at the store.
I'm so glad you found these charts - some happy memories from my youth! :D
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Keefe, I thought you made up those charts!!!:lol:
I recall you leaning over the counter with your art supplies and drawing a chart on a long scroll of paper---later hung on the wall for all to see.
But I didn't think it was based on actual sales--just what you liked!!! :lol:
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Hee Hee, Mark! Yes, sometime Rick and Donald would let me have more "input" on the charts than I should!!
However, I now remember that most of the time they had to get their Top 10 sales reports to BADDA during the week when I was at my normal job.
We (whoever was working at the store on the day I was tasked to write up the list) would then work on the long Top 25 (or was it 50) list together. Remember? I'm sure you were included in the discussions! Remember???
The truth comes out 25 years later!
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No one ever asked me for my input, I can assure you.
But I bet you did your best to keep "Jump Shout" off the list!!!
Remember when that person who I thought mighta been "Lisa" herself asked how that record was doing--about a year after it had been released and instead of saying "oh, that old tired thing" --actually held my tongue and was obsequiously "nice." (my best "Eddie Haskell")
"Why that record was one of our best-sellers--but has peaked...Miss Meeskyte" I didn't call her a "meeskyte"....but I remember you wanted to dish it--but thought better and didn't. :lol:
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Mark, didn't I use to write up those charts on Saturdays (if it wasn't wildly busy)? You usually had the late afternoon to closing shifts on Saturdays, right? I know they frequently had me come in early (like at opening) on Saturdays. By the time you arrived, we most likely already figured out the chart. I know if Lady E was in the store, I would consult with him. Of course, if the Tauntress or Karen were there, you know they would have been influential - but I don't remember working with them on Saturday mornings (since they usually worked Mondays to Fridays). Ralph would have been up in the booth spinning (literally) so I would usually leave him to work his magic.
As for that evening with who you thought was Lisa, didn't you quickly pull me aside to warn me before I opened my big mouth??? :lol: I know you saved me from what could have been an embarrassing situation. So thank you! :D
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The Aloha Records charts were a fraud !! :o
I trustingly bought Gino Soccio ..... the hottest record in the store ....
... under false representation ?! :evil:.... I was duped !! ................................ :lol:
I'm thinking I must have more BADDA charts somewhere Keefelc . Right now I just found this one with other charts stuffed in an old suitcase of paperwork .
I also found a few old Billboards in there as well as old letters. One was really interesting ..... from someone named "Mike" ...????
in it he commented "Ya I really like Phyllis Hyman too" ...which for me is a nice little revelation because until reading that , I'd been surprised at myself as to why I hadn't been all that aware of her until more recently
.....now it turns out I've always liked her ! .... I guess ... :roll: :lol:
Anyway I'll continue on with the one Badda chart I do have .
Selling at
ROUGH TRADE RECORDS
326 6th St. San Francisco
1 --- Maureen Tucker - PLAYIN' POSSUM
2 --- Pair Ubu - SONG OF THE BAILING MAN
3 --- Toiling Midgets - SEA OF UNREST
4 --- New Order - TEMPTATION
5 --- MDC - MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS
6 --- Black Flag - TV PARTY
7 --- Caberet Voltaire - 2 X 45
8 --- Black Uhuru - CHILL OUT
9 --- The Lewd - AMERICAN WINO
10 -- Boston Not LA - COMPILATION
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Well our charts weren't that bad, Remicks. It's just we didn't closely monitor the actual dollars sales when preparing - instead we used our observations. What records were people always asking for? Which records did we have to keep stocking? Which records received the best reactions when we previewed for people, especially the DJs that came into the store? Plus, which records did we like enough that we wanted to recommend to others?
So I should say the Aloha charts gave you a little bit more - you also received our good taste! Ha! Ha!
Also, if you read our charts at the store, you would have known of Phyllis's recordings. Lots of us LOVED her and pushed her records accordingly (especially the "Can't We Fall In Love Again" album). But, weren't you working at the record store downtown at this time as well as being in the record pool? Would you have shopped at the competition, or needed to with all the promos you would get???
Don't you love opening boxes and finding wonderful stuff that you thought was long gone or that you had thrown away. I wish I still had some of those Billboard Magazines and Dance Music Reports from the era. Fortunately, we now have Marky so I don't have to have those charts cluttering up my house.
Hope you can find more of those BADDA charts!
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next to the "N Touch that had no air conditioning, about a block from Buzzby's? I remember shopping there and always leaving in a hurry because the air was so muggy I'd have trouble breathing after about 20 minutes. And besides, the Aquariius Records store on Castro at the time had promotional records for great prices, sometimes as low as 50 cents. I bought many classics there now that I still own. Oh, the good ol' days. I bought Ann Margret, Paul Sabu, Debbie Jacobs, Tantra....
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That's the store, Skinflint! Did any stores on Polk Street have air conditioning back in the day (especially with San Francisco's natural a/c - the fog)???
Wasn't Aquarius located where Streetlight Records is now located? I can barely remember... It was nice being able to get cheap promos at so many of the record stores for awhile (before the stores caught on there was alot of money to be made selling the promos for vast amounts of $$$)!
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Is this where the leather crowd shopped?
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While you guys were working there was there a lot of "check out the hot guy in the import section" type of conversation going on????
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More like, "Oh gawd, what's that thing doing here??!" :lol:
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Keefelc , you'd make a good politician ....Well our charts weren't that bad, Remicks. It's just we didn't closely monitor the actual dollars sales when preparing - instead we used our observations. What records were people always asking for? Which records did we have to keep stocking? Which records received the best reactions when we previewed for people, especially the DJs that came into the store? Plus, which records did we like enough that we wanted to recommend to others?
So I should say the Aloha charts gave you a little bit more - you also received our good taste! Ha! Ha!
...you make me feel almost grateful that I left the store nine bucks poorer with that crappy Cheryl Lynn :P album in my bag !! ..... :P ................... :lol: :lol:
OK The BADDA ( Bay Area Disco DJ Assoc. ) chart is divided into various categories:
Their:
TOP 40
TOP 25 SOUL
TOP 25 ROCK
TOP 10 STAND UP
TOP 10 IMPORT
here's the
TOP 25 ROCK :
july 19, 1982
TC LC TITLE / ARTIST
-1 -8 --- SHOULD I STAY / ROCK THE CASBAH --- The Clash
-2 20 --- MUSIC FOR BOYS --- Suburbs
-3 23 --- HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF --- Duran Duran
-4 -3 --- I RAN ---- Flock Of Seagulls
-5 22 --- I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM --- GANG OF FOUR
-6 19 --- WORDS --- Missing Persons
-7 12 --- COLD LIFE/ I AM FALLING ---- Ministry
-8 -9 --- COSMA SHIVA / SMACK JACK --- Nina Hagen
-9 NE --- NONSTOP DANCING --- Softcell
10 14 --- NOWHERE GIRL ---- B MOVIE
11 11 --- PLANET ROCK --- Soul Sonic Force
12 24 --- X RAY VISION --- Moon Martin
13 25 --- WISE GUY ---- Kid Creole
14 NE --- DANCING IN HEAVEN --- Q Feel
15 NE --- COUNTING THE BEAT ---- Swingers
16 NE --- PRESIDENT AM I ---- Slow Children
17 NE --- WHITE WEDDING ---- Billy Idol
18 NE --- MAIN THING/ TAKE CHANCE ---- Roxy Music
19 NE --- VACATION/ BEATNICK BEACH ---- Go Gos
20 -2 --- CAT PEOPLE --- David Bowie
21 NE --- I PREDICT --- Sparks
22 NE --- SKI CLUB OF SWITZ --- Haircut 100
23 NE --- MAKE BELIEVE ---- Thompson twins
24 NE --- VALLEY GIRL --- Frank Zappa
25 NE --- WHO CAN IT BE NOW --- Men At Work
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(I hope the anti-disco dance crowd was pleased with themselves. Just look at the so many crap songs they got stuck dancing to !! :P )
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Keefelc, I worked at Odyssey and DJ'd at the Zephyr club in Oakland until Odyssey expanded over to Hawaii and I requested to be a part of that thankless task of setting it up ( well somebody had to go !! :P
Then I worked and Dj'd there until early '80 when Odyssey's bubble burst . I returned to SF to finish school , where I then worked at PORTALS TO MUSIC . Do you recall this place ... it was a record store started way back ... started in the forties in The Stonestown Mall . In fact that mall was one of the first in the US . I was no longer in the pool ...although I did my best to work the system for wanted promos .... For some reason we were sort of considered hot stuff .... being an old time San Francisco store and around for so long in this big market, we had some respect .... plus we reported to some trade publications .... not directly to Billboard though... (indirectly through research firms) So the reps were always coming to our store ( promos under their arms) and they used Portals a lot for displays We had huge windows to display with .... we were on a corner and our windows wrapped around , as well as high walls inside. ( They had to report back with pictures documenting their successes at promoting their label's product and we were very obliging ) Promos in those days were like secret money...we were always taking them to used record stores and cashing them in .... or trading .... I was a vinylholic so I never tired of visiting all the record stores and I liked being in all parts of San Francisco in the process ... We weren't into the selling of imports though , and I relied on Aloha for those .
By the way did you all at Aloha do business with The Music People out of Oakland ?? It was a one-stop from there and they tended to have the small label stuff. The cool stuff...... Talk about mafia Berry Gordy style !!! :lol:
Speaking of imports ...here's what BADDA reported as the TOP 10
IMPORT
TC LC TITLE ARTIST
1 NE - THAT'S THE ONE ---Slim Williams
2 2 -- MASTERPIECE - Gazebo
3 8 -- DIRTY TALK - Klein & MBO
4 6 -- OUTSIDE LOOKING IN - Dream Sequence
5 10 - I LIKE PLASTIC - Marsha Raven
6 1 -- PIECE OF THE ACTION - Kid
7 NE - STREET PLAYER - Fashion
8 NE - FLASH IN THE NIGHT - SS
9 4 -- BRAINWASH - Sparks
10 NE SADDLE UP - David Christie
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Remicks, was Portals To Music close by to the Big E???
I didn't shop at Stonestown much back in the late 70s to 80s, but now that I live out in the area, I go there all the time. They now have Tower and Borders in the mall. If I don't want to deal with the hassle of trying to find a parking space, I'll visit this Tower over their other two stores in the Castro and the Marina.
We at Aloha loved you guys for selling us your promos. I hope Donald and Rick let you trade your promos for the imports!
I know the store's buyers went to a one stop out in Oakland and I do believe it was The Music People. I know they would call us early in the morning while they were there to ask if they should bring back any particular records. I loved it when I was able to tell them what I would like to see them bring back (didn't happen very often)!
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The Music People is where you had to go to get the rare indies ..stuff like Kano's I'M READY and X-Factors THE PLANET DOESN'T MIND ......
Yes Keefelc ... Portals To Music was on the 19th Ave side ..... up the way from the Emporium. We had a varied clientele ...... not the Castro types so much ...... We had college students from SFSU , the Catholic School student's 3:00 rush !! , and then the mallers. We were about halfway stocked with classical music ... but we carried everything ... and sold lots of 45's ... had a big oldies 45 section ....
There were many groupie music lovers that would hang out regularly ...did you have that ?? .....an odd eclectic bunch .... these intense music lovers ..... (of course !! :roll:
OK ..... here's the STAND UP Music TOP 10. Imagine by this time ... the clubs were so divided on what "type " of music they played ..... they had to even come up with a list of dance music for clubs .... where you went to to not dance !! :P
STAND UP MUSIC
july 19, 1982
1.) DANCING IN HEAVEN ---- Q Feel
2.) BABE WE'RE GOING TO LOVE TONIGHT --- Lime
3.) DAYTIME LOGIC --- Peter Baumann
4.) STARLIGHT --- Risque
5.) MASTERPIECE ---- Gazebo
6.) MAIN THING --- Roxy Music
7.) HAPPY HOUR --- Deodato
8.) EYE IN THE SKY --- Alan Parsons
9.) I LOVE PLASTIC --- Martha Reeves
10) LOVE IS IN CONTROL --- Donna Summer
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remicks,
I think that "I Like Plastic" was by ....Marsha RAVEN not Martha REEVES!!!! No???? from "Dancing in the Streets" to 'I Like Plastic"??????
That list is pretty hip....Gazebo was selling out in the hinterlands??? (that seemed like a very Trocadero type tune that wouldn't have been much played outside the GAY areas); love that Roxy Music and of course, Donna; Q-Feel is another good one---in fact, except for LIME--they're all fine. :D
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Marky ......you silly puss ....this ain't Portals' list .......Hell , out there , we didn't even know there was a song called I LOVE PLASTIC :oops: :oops:
( I still don't !! )
This continues to be the BADDA report for July 19, 1982
(they are the ones that have this 12" listed as being by Martha Reeves ..... I thought that sounded funny )
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Hey Remicks, it had to be Music People that our store's buyers went to since we did carry so many records from the independent labels. I would eagerly await our buyers to return with the boxes of new records so I could grab all the new releases (for purchase before I left for the day!) before any of our customers!*****
The Music People is where you had to go to get the rare indies ..stuff like Kano's I'M READY and X-Factors THE PLANET DOESN'T MIND ......
Yes Keefelc ... Portals To Music was on the 19th Ave side ..... up the way from the Emporium. We had a varied clientele ...... not the Castro types so much ...... We had college students from SFSU , the Catholic School student's 3:00 rush !! , and then the mallers. We were about halfway stocked with classical music ... but we carried everything ... and sold lots of 45's ... had a big oldies 45 section ....
There were many groupie music lovers that would hang out regularly ...did you have that ?? .....an odd eclectic bunch .... these intense music lovers ..... (of course !! :roll:
Tower at Stonestown has basically the same clientele that Portals had back in the day, but nobody "hangs out" like they did at Portals and Aloha (That's how I know the producers of the RtP events - they were regulars at the store). I run into Tower Stonestown, buy what I want and then quickly leave before the headache sets in from the hideous music (usually rap and hip hop) that's often blaring through the store!!! :o :-? If I think I'm going to be browsing for awhile, I'll head over to Tower in the Castro!
Hey Mark! Don't you remember how surprised we were with the continued popularity of Gazebo's "Masterpiece"? Wasn't it one of those records we couldn't keep it in stock?
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Re: ALOHA RECORDS Top 10 Sales for July 19, 1982
I have a business card from Aloha Records, April 1982, which I picked up at the shop while on a vacation to San Fransisco. If anyone is interested, I could scan it and send the image. ...and if I really looked hard enough, I could probably produce a receipt for the records which I purchased there, and hauled back to Canada!
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