![]() The front page of the 6 November 1978 issue of Record Business. | |
Categories | Business |
---|---|
Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Record Business Publications Ltd. |
Founded | 1978 |
First issue | March 20, 1978 |
Final issue | February 14, 1983 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London |
Language | English |
ISSN | 0144-0691 |
OCLC | 1065310893 |
Record Business was a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a weekly print magazine between 1978 and 1983. It was published by Record Business Publications Ltd.
Record Business was launched on 20 March 1978 as a weekly trade publication for the UK record industry and a rival of Music Week. It was established by the former Music Week editor Brian Mulligan, with backing from the head of the British printing company Garrod and Lofthouse, Norman Garrod. [1] An announcement of a new trade publication, with the provisional title Record Dealer, was made as early as November 1977, [2] although Mulligan retained his position with Music Week until January 1978. [3]
The magazine compiled its own top 100 singles chart to rival the singles charts produced by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) and Gallup (for Radio & Record News). [1] The majority of the magazine's top 100 was calculated using both sales and airplay data, whereas the top 30 was based purely on sales, obtained from 350 outlets. [1] [4] In response to the launching of the Record Business and Radio & Record News charts, the BMRB extended their top 50 chart to a top 75 in May 1978. [5]
Record Business subsequently extended their singles chart three times, providing a "Ones to Watch" section from 31 July 1978 for positions 101 to 120, [6] then extending it up to position 130 from 9 February 1981, [7] and then up to position 150 from 1 February 1982. [8]
Record Business also compiled their Airplay Guide chart, which was the first in the UK to provide a "proper evaluation of radio action". [9] Other charts included a top 60 album chart, introduced in June 1978, [10] and a Disco Chart, introduced in October 1978, which at the time was the UK's only sales-based chart for the genre. [11]
Record Business published its final issue on 14 February 1983, after which it was absorbed into Music Week. [9]
![]() The front page of the 6 November 1978 issue of Record Business. | |
Categories | Business |
---|---|
Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Record Business Publications Ltd. |
Founded | 1978 |
First issue | March 20, 1978 |
Final issue | February 14, 1983 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London |
Language | English |
ISSN | 0144-0691 |
OCLC | 1065310893 |
Record Business was a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a weekly print magazine between 1978 and 1983. It was published by Record Business Publications Ltd.
Record Business was launched on 20 March 1978 as a weekly trade publication for the UK record industry and a rival of Music Week. It was established by the former Music Week editor Brian Mulligan, with backing from the head of the British printing company Garrod and Lofthouse, Norman Garrod. [1] An announcement of a new trade publication, with the provisional title Record Dealer, was made as early as November 1977, [2] although Mulligan retained his position with Music Week until January 1978. [3]
The magazine compiled its own top 100 singles chart to rival the singles charts produced by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) and Gallup (for Radio & Record News). [1] The majority of the magazine's top 100 was calculated using both sales and airplay data, whereas the top 30 was based purely on sales, obtained from 350 outlets. [1] [4] In response to the launching of the Record Business and Radio & Record News charts, the BMRB extended their top 50 chart to a top 75 in May 1978. [5]
Record Business subsequently extended their singles chart three times, providing a "Ones to Watch" section from 31 July 1978 for positions 101 to 120, [6] then extending it up to position 130 from 9 February 1981, [7] and then up to position 150 from 1 February 1982. [8]
Record Business also compiled their Airplay Guide chart, which was the first in the UK to provide a "proper evaluation of radio action". [9] Other charts included a top 60 album chart, introduced in June 1978, [10] and a Disco Chart, introduced in October 1978, which at the time was the UK's only sales-based chart for the genre. [11]
Record Business published its final issue on 14 February 1983, after which it was absorbed into Music Week. [9]