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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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