https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 00:22:13 +0000 Fri, 16 Jul 2021 19:36:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9631 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=9631&PID=58636&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58636 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 9631
Posted: 16 July 2021 at 7:36pm

My better half, always the comedian recently told me that though she studied music in college and played the recorder and sometimes guitar,
she's pretty sure she never played the fool.]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2021 19:36:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58636&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58636 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58632&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58632 Author: cristianmdp
Subject: 9631
Posted: 16 July 2021 at 2:37pm

Thanks to all of you for your inputs about this topic!
rnell, cool to see someone else from Argentina here!
I don't remember which radio station would play the AT40 down here in Mar del Plata, but it was the original one (hosted by Shadoe Stevens during this particular era). So what I'd listen to was the actual AT40, dubbed in spanish (aired in Argentina a week or two later than in the US).
Sadly I didn't keep any recording of it, but kept 2 little fragments, when Mariah Carey reached # 1 with "I'll Be There". You can hear the dub in spanish (no idea who or where the dub was done).

Here, if you care to check it out: AT40 (dubbed in spanish) (Argentina) (2 fragments)

Anyway, nice to know how the music was received at radio stations down here !




Edited by cristianmdp]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:37:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58632&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58632 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58627&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58627 Author: rnell
Subject: 9631
Posted: 16 July 2021 at 12:01pm

I worked during most of the 80s and the 90s in a radio
station with the Top 40/ A/C format (in Argentina where
this question originally came from) and I can tell you
that 90% of all music played would be at first from
commercially available 45s (mainly from the USA and UK)
and starting in 1987 when TM Hit Discs began with its
weekly service, we shifted to whatever version HD would
provide. For oldies we gradually started using CDs
(without even noticing we were using LP versions instead
of 45 versions for classic hits). During the late 80s
and 90s we would never get the full album on CD for an
artist such as Aaron Neville. ]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:01:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58627&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58627 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58607&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58607 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 9631
Posted: 15 July 2021 at 9:01am

AndrewChouffi wrote: Generally (in their heyday) TM Hit discs would contain the edit version for their CHR/AC discs, the album version for their AOR discs, an urban-sounding mix (if available) for the Urban section, etc. But depending upon space on the disc they would occasionally have select alternate mixes. If they got wind of an alternate mix getting the lion's share of play they sometimes put it on a later disc if it wasn't already included. Andy

Also, they would include two or sometimes more different versions on a GoldDisc.]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:01:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58607&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58607 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58606&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58606 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 9631
Posted: 15 July 2021 at 8:15am

cristianmdp wrote: So... now I'm interested to know who whould pick the version that would end on a TM HitDisc... (and based on what), cause they would play a key factor on the level of success on singles.

Generally (in their heyday) TM Hit discs would contain
the edit version for their CHR/AC discs, the album
version for their AOR discs, an urban-sounding mix (if
available) for the Urban section, etc. But depending
upon space on the disc they would occasionally have
select alternate mixes.

If they got wind of an alternate mix getting the
lion's share of play they sometimes put it on a later
disc if it wasn't already included.

Andy]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:15:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58606&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58606 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58605&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58605 Author: cristianmdp
Subject: 9631
Posted: 15 July 2021 at 6:26am

Keep in mind that many smaller stations that didn't qualify for reporting status in the major trades didn't always get all that great service from the labels by the late 80s or so and had to rely on a music service like TM HitDiscs, Top Hits USA, etc. If you were one of those stations, you played what was on your weekly CD.

That makes perfect sense and would explain why a certain mix would be played by the majority of the radio stations in the US.

So... now I'm interested to know who whould pick the version that would end on a TM HitDisc... (and based on what), cause they would play a key factor on the level of success on singles.
]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:26:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58605&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58605 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58604&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58604 Author: Hykker
Subject: 9631
Posted: 15 July 2021 at 5:56am

Bellenger1981 wrote: I would assume that most would play track 1, as that's usually aimed as the focus track, but it really depends on the song/promo.

Keep in mind that many smaller stations that didn't
qualify for reporting status in the major trades didn't
always get all that great service from the labels by the
late 80s or so and had to rely on a music service like
TM HitDiscs, Top Hits USA, etc. If you were one of
those stations, you played what was on your weekly CD.
]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 05:56:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58604&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58604 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58603&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58603 Author: cristianmdp
Subject: 9631
Posted: 15 July 2021 at 3:28am

Sounds to me, then, that the chance of success for songs that would have different mixes offered to radio stations, would depend on which mix the radio programmer would pick.
Interesting.
Also is interesting to me to know that radio programmers, in general, I guess, would take the time to actually listen to each and every different mix, when available, in order to pick which one to play.
Guess I never really thought about these things, and this particular Aaron Neville track led me to question myself how this used to work.

Edited by cristianmdp]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:28:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58603&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58603 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58599&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58599 Author: Bellenger1981
Subject: 9631
Posted: 14 July 2021 at 1:51pm

I would assume that most would play track 1, as that's
usually aimed as the focus track, but it really depends
on the song/promo. ]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:51:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58599&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58599 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9631&PID=58591&title=aaron-neville-everybody-plays-the-fool#58591 Author: cristianmdp
Subject: 9631
Posted: 13 July 2021 at 6:23am

Thanks for your input, Hykker!
So, I guess it really was up to the programmer.
Should I assume, though, the majority would play, mostly, track # 1? Or multiple versions would be played, depending on the programmer's decision?

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