International HI-NRG charts

[Energyguy]

In the UK we had an official HI-NRG chart that was published on a weekly basis... I wondered if our friends in Europe had their own equivilent ?
Would be interested to hear if any of your music magazines published regular charts...

[Magnifique]

Not that I know of. Of course there were charts in the music and teenager magazines, e.g., top100, bestsellers, etc. but there were no specific NRG charts. I might be wrong, but hey I'm ready to take some advice from someone who knows better. I don't recall seeing strict high energy charts in Germany. I for one subscribed to the bi-weekly Dance Music Report for a couple of years in the eighties ... and my eyes were always on the U.K., the U.S., Canada, the Benelux and South European countries and sometimes Switzerland as far as new NRG or Italo releases were concerned.
I used to walk into a record store and went through the maxis that were on the shelves. I think this is how everybody did it here. Sometimes when there was no opportunity to listen to the (newly arrived) records in the store, I selected the records by the labels (zyx, Long Island Sounds, etc., etc.) producer or artist names or simply by the cover photo - which resulted in a small catastrophy sometimes, but only sometimes, after the record was unwrapped and played at home.

[Energyguy]

We were lucky here in the UK, various clubs & music magazines published both local and national HINRG charts. We had the RECORD MIRRO chart which was weekly and other magazines such as STREET SCENE, THE BEAT & JOCKS which published both UK & US charts,

[marmite7]

We were lucky here in the UK, various clubs & music magazines published both local and national HINRG charts. We had the RECORD MIRRO chart which was weekly and other magazines such as STREET SCENE, THE BEAT & JOCKS which published both UK & US charts,

Neil - There's an old photo of me somewhere, short back n sides with a massive blond mohican, standing in front of Record Cellar's Top 20 blackboard :icon_biggrin:


Must dig it out and check out the sounds listed

I know Tapps - My Forbidden Lover gets a mention - which dates me somewhat

[kdavid13]

Canada had its own HiNRG charts in the late STREETSOUND magazine.

But I was hooked on RECORD MIRROR's ; ahhhh the early years of RECORD SHACK,PROTO,PASSION and others UK labels.

[Energyguy]

Neil - There's an old photo of me somewhere, short back n sides with a massive blond mohican, standing in front of Record Cellar's Top 20 blackboard :icon_biggrin:


Must dig it out and check out the sounds listed

I know Tapps - My Forbidden Lover gets a mention - which dates me somewhat

Mark.. We must see that vintage photo