Australian Music Report
Patrick Mougin
just curious to know what has happened to the Australian Music Report. I
heard they went belly-up a while ago, but never had it confirmed. And if so,
what has happened to the archive of charts they produced? I would imagine
these would be a vital part of Australian chart history, as Countdown used
these charts during 1983-7. If anyone can provide information for me on
this, that would be great.
Have a good long weekend,
Patrick
Sarch
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They closed shop back in late Sept-Oct 1997, IIRC. Their music cataloging
business, The Platterlog, is still in operation today but it has been made
almost redundant by ARIA's electronic catalogue system. I don't expect it'll
last for too many years given their inability to adapt to new technologies
(ala their chart department).
As for their charts, AMR declared them of "historical importance", which to
Everyday Joe means raising the price of each chart from $5 to $10. From
memory, you needed to pay $20 if you wanted both charts, however (singles
and albums) - but I urge you to call them first as my information may be
very out of date. Unfortunately, the nasty price hike only accelerated them
to historical insignificance, as far as I'm concerned.
Sarch
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Patrick Mougin
"Sarch" <a...@notreal.zip.com.au> wrote in message
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> They closed shop back in late Sept-Oct 1997, IIRC. Their music cataloging
> business, The Platterlog, is still in operation today but it has been made
> almost redundant by ARIA's electronic catalogue system. I don't expect
it'll
> last for too many years given their inability to adapt to new technologies
> (ala their chart department).
>
Yeah, I can agree with that. I did Year 10 work experience with AMR back in
1996, and they were still using faxes and tradition hand-written tabulation
which would eventually get fed into an Excel spreadsheet after being
convuluted through several formulae. Remember, AMR did not do it purely
based on sales....they also incorporated radio airplay and such other stuff.
> As for their charts, AMR declared them of "historical importance", which
to
> Everyday Joe means raising the price of each chart from $5 to $10. From
> memory, you needed to pay $20 if you wanted both charts, however (singles
> and albums) - but I urge you to call them first as my information may be
> very out of date. Unfortunately, the nasty price hike only accelerated
them
> to historical insignificance, as far as I'm concerned.
>
Hmm....if AMR have closed up shop, then how does one actually contact the
people to get the charts in the first place? And yes, damn right they're of
historical importance! :)
*wishes he was rich and could buy out the entire collection*....one can
dream, right? :)
> Sarch
>
Cheers Sarch....you're a champ,
Patrick
Chris
Kent.
I remember the Kent Music Report in the early '80's but did this evolute
into the Australian Music Report later ?
I also have "Top 40 Research - 3rd Edition 1956-1994 by Jim Barnes and
Stephen Scanes.
The latter apparently compiled by "Barscan Music Research" and contains a
chronological listing,artist listing,song title listing,
chronological number ones and Yearly Top 20 listings...very comprehensive
...
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Patrick Mougin
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> I have the "Australian Chart Book" 1970-1992 which is compiled by David
> Kent.
> I remember the Kent Music Report in the early '80's but did this evolute
> into the Australian Music Report later ?
> I also have "Top 40 Research - 3rd Edition 1956-1994 by Jim Barnes and
> Stephen Scanes.
> The latter apparently compiled by "Barscan Music Research" and contains a
> chronological listing,artist listing,song title listing,
> chronological number ones and Yearly Top 20 listings...very comprehensive
> ...
Hey Chris,
Yes, the Kent Music Report became the Australian Music Report in 1987 (the
same year Countdown finished). I have the Australian Chart Book sitting on
the bookshelf right next to me. Got it for my 14th birthday in 1994. I would
love to have a look at that Top 40 Research book also at some point.
Hope you're having a good weekend,
Patrick (80s retro freak extraordinaire :))
Chris
If it were'nt for copyright restrictions I'd luv to transfer these books to
some web pages...
Although I dont know of any currently available web sites that have
comprehensive chart history records.
I guess these people have to earn a living some how from their years of
collating and record keeping so I don't
blame them for copyrighting the materials....
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