Important Update for PAID SUBSCRIBERS

If you are a current paid subscriber, I tried sending you an email with this information today. Some of the addresses I have were not valid, so I'm reposting the info here.

As you probably already know, Pat is retiring from keeping the website updated and has handed it off to me to continue maintaining. There is, unfortunately, no way to move the PayPal subscriptions from his account to mine. As such, I strongly recommend you log into your PayPal account and CANCEL your subscription TODAY (currently being paid to Patrick Downey). Rest assured, by cancelling within PayPal, this will NOT affect your access to the database. I have a list of all active accounts and when they expire, and you will continue to have access until your expiration date. Once you’ve reached the end of your paid subscription, you will be able to resubscribe (and I really hope you do!) by using the checkout button on the website, which is now connected to my PayPal account.

Here are the steps to cancel your subscription:
1.     Follow this link: https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/autopay/
2.     Use your PayPal account credentials to log in.
3.     Find “Patrick Downey” in your list of Active subscriptions and click on it to view the details.
4.     At the bottom of the details that appear, you should see a link that says “Remove PayPal as payment method.” Click this link and then confirm on the next screen.

The exciting future of Top40MusicOnCD.com

I have hired a web developer to give the site a much-needed update, visually and functionally. While I do not know how long these changes will take, your continued paid subscription will help cover the expenses and your input can help determine what the future site will look like. I welcome any suggestions on what you hope to see on the newly updated site. Please feel free to reply to this thread to let me know.

Again, thank you for being part of our little community of CD collectors. I look forward to talking with you soon.

Aaron Kannowski

Hi Arron,

I have to agree that as soon as I read your post I started
taking screen caps of the site because I just love the old
school look. I wouldn't mind an update but there is a lot
of charm about the way it is now. Just my two cents. I
hope you are doing well.

Concerning the forum, it's been broke for a while, but
we've all learned how to navigate around the issues. For
starters, I can't leave registration open, because we
immediately get attacked by spam bots. Second, if
someone forgets their password, it's not possible to
retreive it via email. Instead, they have to email me,
and I have to reset it manually. There are also some
issues with the search and formatting.

The main focus, though, will be to update the searchable
database. In addition to getting it up to today's web
standards, I have quite a few ideas that I'd like to
implement. As I mentioned above, I'm very much open to
ideas for new features and improvements. There's no
sense in giving the site a refresh if everything looks
and functions the same.

Hopefully with whatever forum upgrades are coming, some effort will be made to set up permanent redirects in the web server so that links will keep working.

One thing I've learned from my 32 years at Record Research is that you can't please everyone. I even butted heads with Joel a few times over
the years. Sometimes he'd listen, sometimes not, but ultimately as the owner, he had the final say. Pat did a terrific job for many years and
has earned his retirement. I'm confident that Aaron knows what he's doing and I for one can't wait to see how this site will evolve under his
stewardship.

Edited by Paul Haney