https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:30:53 +0000 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:08:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6334 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=6334&PID=30877&title=wow#30877 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 6334
Posted: 12 July 2011 at 7:08am

I, too, grew up in New York (born in '68), and was 15
when
Z100 signed on in the summer of 1983.

The mid-'80s were great for radio in New York City. In
addition to Z100, WPLJ flipped to top 40 around the same
time in 1983 (and still played their records 2% too
fast),
WAPP signed on with their commercial-free summer in 1982,
and WKTU briefly attempted top 40 in 1984. It was a
pretty
glorious time to be a teenager.

A few years later, WKTU would flip to K-Rock and WAPP
would
flip to Hot 103.5.

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:08:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30877&title=wow#30877 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30873&title=wow#30873 Author: prisdeej
Subject: 6334
Posted: 11 July 2011 at 9:32pm

Thanks Jeff. Sure, send me a private message or e-mail. ]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:32:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30873&title=wow#30873 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30797&title=wow#30797 Author: Fetta
Subject: 6334
Posted: 05 July 2011 at 7:53pm

Welcome to the board Dave.

Growing up in the NYC area in the 80s, I remember hearing Alisha all the time. As mentioned above, she was played on Z-100 and if I remember correctly, Hot 103.5 (from the top top top top top top top top top top top of the Empire State Building) also played "Baby Talk", "Too Turned On" and "All Night Passion" as recurrents.

Dave, I have all needle drops on all 3 that I took from mint/unplayed 45's that I can send your way if interested.

I also think that I have a mint copy of "Star Child" as well that I can transfer if interested as well.

-Jeff]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:53:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30797&title=wow#30797 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30790&title=wow#30790 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6334
Posted: 05 July 2011 at 2:02am

Ed,

Yeah, to give some aging away; the wife and myself were born on Long Island in 1965. We both remember when the long island expressway was opened, brand new (two lanes smaller than it is now.)
We knew a much greener, more rural Long Island than it will ever be again....we left in 2001.

Re: Z-100. They were simply huge. No one who was around at the time could argue.
Now, back in the late 70's, much radio was going thru a splintering off of formats (sound familiar?) as a lot of adult listeners were turned off by so much disco music and other new styles mixing in with their soft-rock and pop. The format scattering was made worse by the heavy switch to FM stereo by this time.
So by the early 80's, top 40 was looking for direction.
On Long Island, there was no one particular station from NYC on our dials. We had the "rock" stations from there, we had the "disco" station, but for top 40 the dial was scattered with AC and/or rock formats, and out in eastern LI we had WBLI for pure pop.   That was it.

Then in '83, "the new Z-100" popped out of nowhere. They found the right blend to bring in high-school age like myself, plus our parents. They found the balance of the new sounds, and helped pop's change-over from disco and pop to new wave and synth-pop. They even stole me away from WLIR, the long-island new wave station.   
I think in less than one year they were the top station in the entire tri-state area. The original "Flame-thrower".....
They also came up with a processed sound compression that was amazing, they just blasted out of the dial, but the music was alive, not crushed. I have a chapter on that particular sound in an audiophile book written by the guys who came up with it. Very cool read for sound buffs.
That is our Long Island moment for today!
-Mark M

]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:02:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30790&title=wow#30790 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30784&title=wow#30784 Author: edtop40
Subject: 6334
Posted: 04 July 2011 at 5:28am

welcome aboard prisdeej,

i never realized how many board members are from or once lived on long island......living here now, i understand why everyone left!!!.......i also never realized how much influence Z-100 had in the nyc market......happy 4th everyone!!!

Edited by edtop40]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:28:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30784&title=wow#30784 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30782&title=wow#30782 Author: MMathews
Subject: 6334
Posted: 03 July 2011 at 5:02pm

Welcome Dave,

I actually graduated the year before Alisha's "Too Turned On" was a hit.
And yes, in my area at least (NYC/Long Island) the song was a much bigger hit than its chart position nationally.
All 3 of her singles, "Baby Talk" "All Night Passion" and "Too Turned On" were heavily played on Z-100.

Now, i never owned the 45 for it, so for myself i edited the song from the LP/CD version, to basically what i remembered hearing back then. It runs about 3:55.
But it's technically just a custom edit, not the original 45 version.... if you'd like a copy anyway, feel free to PM, or email me.

I did similar edits for the other 2 hits as well, but for those i at least had the videos to go by, which used the short hit versions. I can't locate the original video for "Too Turned On" on youtube, just the 12" / LP version.

Re: Star Love... i don't have them in front of me, but i'm pretty sure the 45 version of Cheryl Lynn's dance hit "Star Love" is on the Rhino CD "The Disco Years Vol 5, Must Be The Music".

Best,
Mark M
]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:02:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30782&title=wow#30782 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30775&title=wow#30775 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6334
Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:18am

Welcome, Dave! For a minute there, I thought I was reading a biography. I graduated high school a year before "The Boy Is Mine" was hot. I was a DJ for Radio Disney, and I also have a GoldDisc collection. Weird!

You will see me mention, though, in several threads, that the GoldDisc library is not very accurate when getting the correct edits. I used to think so, too, but then when I put them under a microscope, I found countless mistakes on their homemade edits.]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:18:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30775&title=wow#30775 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30774&title=wow#30774 Author: The Hits Man
Subject: 6334
Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:01am

Welcome Steve,

I don't contribute much to this place, as the regulars
are on top of it.

I grew up listening to top 40 radio and collecting 45s in
the 60s, 70s and 80s. These days, I just collect single
versions and obscure albums. I particularly enjoy
collecting single versions not available on CD, and use
Adobe Audition and other software to clean up records and
recreate 45 versions from album versions.

Anyway, I hope we can help you out. You should sign up
for the database. You will find that the single version
of "That's The Way Of The World" has been issued on at
least two commercial CDs.]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:01:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30774&title=wow#30774 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30771&title=wow#30771 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 6334
Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:02am

Welcome Dave. The only version I have of "Star Love" is the 12" version found on Vol. 4 of the Club Epic CD series. I don't have the Alisha track, but I do recall hearing it back in '85 and since. In South Florida there currently is a station that plays all 80s music every weekend and I'm sure they play that song all the time. Maybe another fellow board member can assist. God bless America. Now back to the countdown.]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:02:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30771&title=wow#30771 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30770&title=wow#30770 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 6334
Posted: 03 July 2011 at 9:49am

Welcome to the board, Dave!]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:49:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6334&PID=30770&title=wow#30770