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Jody Thornton 
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 Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:13am |
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Do they still manufacture a lot of 7-inch singles in the US? They cleared right out in Canada in 1990. I have obtained about twenty or so of them in the 1990s but they were all US imports.
And this forum is supposed to be about this music on CD....lol! (I'm sorry - but I'm of the opinion that lasers are for eye surgery and CDs themselves are best put to best use when mistaken for an ashtray or a frisbee....lol!) I'm just kidding, I just like being a smart-ass, but it's all in fun. But I'll always root for the turntable. |
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Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
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Todd Ireland
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Posted: 25 May 2008 at 9:11am |
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One thing I'd like to add to this discussion... Beware of any rare and out-of-print CDs you may find on eBay that are in factory sealed condition, especially oldies titles. I've been burned on a handful of such titles over the past couple of years where these CDs turn out nothing more than pirated CD-R copies and the CD booklet and artwork are cheap laser printed photocopies of the official CD release.
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torcan
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Posted: 25 May 2008 at 6:47pm |
In a word...no. You may notice I'm in Canada (Toronto actually), but through Billboard magazine (who always listed the configuration availability - and was right 90% of the time) and a contact who owns his own record store in upstate New York, I've followed closely the release of vinyl singles since 1990. Most labels released bigger hits, or "name" artists for the first three-quarters of the '90s (sometimes it was hit and miss), but by the late '90s never 45s started dwindling. The last four years there have been hardly any from the major labels at all. Just a few Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift singles is about it. The latest Madonna and Mariah Carey songs (for examples) were never on 45s. Just a quick note about Canada: unfortunately Judy's right. By summer 1990, there were no more new 45s being released in Canada. The last one I remember seeing was New Kids on the Block "Tonight". But at least it had a picture sleeve! MCA in Canada actually stopped in late 1989. The others during the first few months of 1990. Cassette singles never really caught on here (and we didn't even have them until mid-89), and CD singles made a brief resurgance for a few years earlier this decade, but they're gone in favor of digital downloads. |
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The Hits Man
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Posted: 25 May 2008 at 7:39pm |
But, I have three copies of that 45, and all of them sound awful. Perhaps the 45 was cut from a bad tape copy. |
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BradOlson
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 7:21am |
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Trisha Yearwood's "This Is Me You're Talking To" is on a 45rpm vinyl single.
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