https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 13:06:38 +0000 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:15:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4698 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21464&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21464 Author: torcan
Subject: 4698
Posted: 06 March 2009 at 9:15am

Hykker wrote: Was there any rhyme or reason to which songs were available as 45s in the late 80s/early 90s? Some labels (EMI-distributed labels in particular) discontinued them early on, while other labels were more hit or miss.

You’re right about Capitol-EMI. They cut back aggressively starting summer 1989, and there was very little available from them in 7-inch format until early ’92, when the “for jukeboxes only” series started. Arista, on the other hand, still released pretty well everything on 45 until late ’91, then aggressively cut back. Columbia/Sony and Warner/Atlantic still released most songs on 45 once they became top 40 hits, but there were many cases of lower-charting songs being available on 45 and much higher-charting songs not.

Sometimes labels seemed to keep changing their minds – MCA for example released everything until late ’90, then stopped for a while. They started again in mid-91 and by late ’92 had stopped again. Go figure!
]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:15:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21464&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21464 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21448&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21448 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 4:35pm

Was there any rhyme or reason to which songs were available as 45s in the late 80s/early 90s? Some labels (EMI-distributed labels in particular) discontinued them early on, while other labels were more hit or miss.]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:35:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21448&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21448 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21447&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21447 Author: torcan
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 3:44pm

Jody Thornton wrote: And then, Music World was the last chain I knew of that carried LPs, until December 1990. I do realize that Sam's in Toronto did continue to carry LPs, and so did Cheapies in Hamilton, but I could never find vinyl anywhere else. By the way, my Cher 45 of "Believe" was also off-centre. D'oh!

Actually, the major Canadian labels continued to release domestically-pressed 12-inch singles and LPs until at least '92 or '93. By the mid-90s, most vinyl was imported from the US. Any Canadian-pressed vinyl since then has usually been by an independent label.

I think the reason many 45s have been off-center or poor-quality pressings in the '90s is because US labels no longer considered them as a priority. Quite often limited press runs of 50,000 or less were done, primarily for jukebox use. They didn't take as great a care in producing them as they had prior.]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:44:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21447&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21447 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21446&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21446 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 1:12pm

I was able to get Jane Child a couple of years ago, but it has the LP version, not the remix.
]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:12:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21446&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21446 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21445&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21445 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 1:11pm

Sam The Record Man was amongst the last chains to carry 45s in mall shops. It was the last time I ever was able to purchase 45s in a store (after that, I ordered a handful of singles at Stardust Records in Hamilton, and they were imported form the US).

And then, Music World was the last chain I knew of that carried LPs, until December 1990. I do realize that Sam's in Toronto did continue to carry LPs, and so did Cheapies in Hamilton, but I could never find vinyl anywhere else.

As for 45s now, I was surprised to hear about Hoobastank's release. I know Kelly Clarkson had a couple, but I suppose that's about it for 2000 and beyond.

By the way, my Cher 45 of "Believe" was also off-centre. D'oh!


Edited by Jody Thornton]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:11:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21445&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21445 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21444&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21444 Author: torcan
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 11:56am

crapfromthepast wrote: Jody Thornton wrote: ... after March 1990 (the 45's day of death in Canada...lol!) Jody - What happened in March 1990?

Just about all Canadian record companies stopped releasing 45s around March 1990, although Columbia/Sony still had a few scattered releases after that date.]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:56:07 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21444&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21444 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21443&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21443 Author: torcan
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 11:55am

TomDiehl1 wrote: I always get a thrill when i discover that i like a more recent song and that it has come out on 45 rpm. Took me a while to get The Reason by Hoobastank (probably my favorite song of the last 15 years) on 45, but mine is pressed off center!

So's mine...but it still plays sort of OK!]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:55:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21443&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21443 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21442&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21442 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 11:45am

Jody Thornton wrote: ... after March 1990 (the 45's day of death in Canada...lol!)

Jody - What happened in March 1990?]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:45:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21442&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21442 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21441&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21441 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 10:53am

I always get a thrill when i discover that i like a more recent song and that it has come out on 45 rpm. Took me a while to get The Reason by Hoobastank (probably my favorite song of the last 15 years) on 45, but mine is pressed off center!]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:53:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21441&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21441 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4698&PID=21440&title=45rpm-releases-from-1990-onwards#21440 Author: torcan
Subject: 4698
Posted: 05 March 2009 at 9:26am

All 4 of those were on 45s – but Roxette’s “Joyride” was only on a Collectables oldies-series single which came out several years after the song’s initial release. I’m not sure which version was on the 45 though.

Whitburn’s singles books usually indicate which songs were on vinyl (I wish they’d do that for albums after 1990 as well…calling Paul Haney??), or old copies of Billboard indicated which configuration the songs were available on.

Many of the top 40 hits were on vinyl throughout the ‘90s (depending on the label they were on), but the format seems non-existent now. Maybe do an e-bay search for some of them? Most of them are pretty easy to find.
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