FROM THE MUSIC WEEK ARCHIVE THAT WAS THE This week 40 years ago...
THAT WAS VIDEO GAMES
TOP STORY
The fi rst international video conference turned out to be something of a damp squib, with execs unable to agree on the best direction for the fl edgling sector. The BBC’s John Ross Barnard appealed for more realistic terms in licensing negotiations, claiming rights-holders were “preventing expansion of the home video market”. It looked like video wasn’t going to kill the radio star for a long while yet...
INFINITY & BEYOND
Around 100 execs found themselves out of work when Infi nity Records, an MCA-backed record company, ceased operations. Label president Ron Alexenburg made the announcement by handing out champagne and orchids to his staff before they received their offi cial dismissal notices. Every cloud...
ELO’S IN TOWN In 2019, Jeff Lynne’s ELO are in Q4 contention with new album From Out Of Nowhere. Meanwhile, 40 years ago, ELO’s Greatest Hits was shaping up to be an enormous seller, even without the benefi t of a TV ad campaign. The compilation was up against albums from Pink Floyd, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac. Big year for Santa...
Also Inside… The Home Secretary approved 14 new Independent Local Radio stations and one BBC station based in Plymouth to help promote growth in local radio… In international news, Austria’s record cartel was set to end on December 31, after years of controlling retail prices… US record lobbying group the RIAA pleaded for radio stations to stop broadcasting new albums in their entirety on air… HMV Records released its first album using digital recording techniques... Dr Hook stayed on top of the singles chart with When You’re In Love while ABBA were No.1 again with their album Greatest Hits Vol 2...
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WORDS: Jaha Knight
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