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Santi Paradoa
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Posted: 19 November 2024 at 6:51pm | IP Logged Quote Santi Paradoa

Just days ago Mike Callahan, the moderator of the BSN site, announced his chat board will close on the last day of the year (12/31/2024). A tough decision that several music collectors and BSN members predicted.

I wanted to make sure everyone on this board was aware. On a side note, there is a daily blog music collector Kent Kotal has been running for two decades now that caters to the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

Forgotten Hits recently wrote a piece on the incredible music collection assembled over the years by Joel Whitburn. The story can be read here:

https://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-joel-whitb urn-collection.html

Please read the story if you have not already. In just over a week it will be Joel's 85th birthday.

Edited by Santi Paradoa on 19 November 2024 at 6:58pm


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Posted: 20 November 2024 at 12:36am | IP Logged Quote NightAire

I apologize for asking about this, I feel incredibly ignorant for not already knowing:

What is the "BSN Site?"

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Brian W.
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Posted: 20 November 2024 at 1:28am | IP Logged Quote Brian W.

NightAire wrote:
I apologize for asking about this, I
feel incredibly ignorant for not already knowing:

What is the "BSN Site?"


https://bsnpubs.com/

BSN stands for Both Sides Now. It's a discography and chat
board where people discuss mainly stereo oldies. It's been
around for many years, even longer than this website.

Edited by Brian W. on 20 November 2024 at 1:29am
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Posted: 20 November 2024 at 5:01am | IP Logged Quote Paul Haney

Just FYI, it appears that the main site with the discographies will be staying, it's just the chat board that is going away for now.

Many of us BSN regulars have moved on over to a new Facebook group:

Both Sides Now Facebook Group

Edited by Paul Haney on 20 November 2024 at 5:04am
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Posted: 20 November 2024 at 7:40am | IP Logged Quote aaronk

Santi Paradoa wrote:
Forgotten Hits recently wrote a piece on the incredible music collection assembled over the years by Joel Whitburn. The story can be read here:

https://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-joel-whitb urn-collection.html

Please read the story if you have not already. In just over a week it will be Joel's 85th birthday.


While I can appreciate his appeal to save the Whitburn collection as a whole, I can say with nearly 100% certainty Penske Media Corporation will not be interested. How do I know? Penske is the parent company of Luminate and Broadcast Data Systems. BDS closed in 2022, and the Penske/Luminate corporate heads instructed BDS to throw their entire music library of over 150,000 CDs straight into a dumpster. Thankfully, a longtime BDS employee didn't allow that to happen, and I'm the guy who bought it.

Edited by aaronk on 20 November 2024 at 7:42am


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