Ready ’N’ Steady - D.A.

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   After 37 years, the "phantom record" has been found!

Thanks to Ron for having me on his show this past Friday night (7/8/16) to listen to and talk about some "lost" gems from 1979, including the most "lost" of them all!

Here's the link:

https://archive.org/details/cftp-2016-07-08

Edited by Paul Haney

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Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 40	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Ready ’N’ Steady - D.A. Posted: 11 July 2016 at 11:40am
	After 37 years, the "phantom record" has been found! Thanks to Ron for having me on his show this past Friday night (7/8/16) to listen to and talk about some "lost" gems from 1979, including the most "lost" of them all! Here's the link: https://archive.org/details/cftp-2016-07-08 Edited by Paul Haney

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:23pm
	We've all gotten used to just about every song being available (or at least mentioned) somewhere on the internet. And, still, "Ready 'N' Steady" by D.A. was nowhere to be found, 37 years after it peaked at #102 in 1979. Paul and the research team at Record Research have unearthed the full story behind the rarest title ever to appear on a Billboard chart. Take a bow, Paul! You've earned this one!
	There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one Crap From The Past.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 166	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:44pm
	Fun listening to the segment! Ron, it's great that you have the show archive and keep it updated. Thanks for that!
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

Santi Paradoa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 February 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Santi Paradoa Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:48pm
	I listen to Ron's program every weekend and I always enjoy the obscure tunes and rare versions. BTW, that is quite a find. Barry Scott swears he has every lost 45 but I bet he doesn't have that gem in his collection.
	Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida

Paul Haney Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 40	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul Haney Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2016 at 2:48pm
	Ron, thanks again for having me. It's always a fun time to sit in on my favorite radio show. Between the D.A. world premiere and the Shamus M'Cool song we played last September, I think we've got the truly obscure stuff covered!

padj79 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 February 2016 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote padj79 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2016 at 7:53pm
	This is a very enjoyable episode of Crap From The Past. Thanks Paul for your story on this one!

80smusicfreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 80smusicfreak Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 July 2016 at 4:48am
	Just listened to the entire 90-minute show. As a (now) 35-year chart guru myself, it was certainly fascinating to hear this newly-discovered info on "Ready 'n' Steady" and actually get to listen to the song as well! After 37 years, who'da thunk D.A. was really "Detroit Ace" Bob Seger under an alias?!? (Okay, so I just made up that nickname on the fly, lol.) :-) Great work, Paul, and fun show, cftp - some good picks among the other songs, too (my favorite probably being "Too Late")...

torcan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 June 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote torcan Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 July 2016 at 3:23am
	I listened to the show and was fascinated by the story - but it raises several questions. How exactly did the Bubbling Under charts work? If the song was never pressed on vinyl, how did the promoter get stations to play it - or was it just a "paper add" at a handful of stations, enough to get it on? I know there were a lot of regional hits that bubbled under over the years, but they'd usually have popularity in a specific part of the country and be well known in that area. I agree with what the others have said - the song's not bad!

Chartman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 26 February 2016 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chartman Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 July 2016 at 5:52am
	The Wikipedia page was updated minutes after the post in this forum! There is a youtube video for song. Why don't we all just watch this video over and over again. That way it will generate enough streams so the song can make the Billboard charts again! Song is much better than most of the current songs that make the charts based on streams - I'm talking to you Kanye.

AndrewChouffi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewChouffi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 July 2016 at 5:59am
	To "80smusicfreak": Yeah, it does sound like Bob Seger in a fun mood! To everyone: Wasn't there also an elusive CashBox (or Record World) charter? I can't think of its name. (Not thinking of "The Letter" by Wayne Newton.) Andy