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A 2021 survey by Ipsos found that 40% of Americans still thought the best music was that produced in the 1980's. Eighties music can be found everywhere, including on retro radio stations TV commercials and at nostalgia musical nights... . as well as, hearing the same songs played at weddings, parties, clubs, and being sung at renditions in the karaoke bar. During the 80's the Hot 100 was based collectively, on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay on American radio stations. The airplay figures were compiled from radio station playlists.

Here's something to consider. The notion of a physical music collection may seem antiquated. The artists playing on the records may seem out of fashion. The storage space they occupy might arguably be put to another use. And sometimes the old CD player to put them on has been thrown out to be replaced by other media devices, or it just no longer works. So why collect music CD's? Well one argument for collecting this form of music storage media, would be, that many people are fans of the artist, and owning a CD brings a closer connection to the music....

The Motown Record Corporation, was formed in 1960. The record label went on to use a map showing a section of the Northern United States, on its company sleeve. A red star was used to indicate Detroit, Michigan, the Motor City, with its automotive production lines. Motown's headquarters, on Grand Boulevard, had one of its buildings converted into a recording studio, where the Motown Sound was created. The facade bunting was used to promote the location as Hitsville, USA.

Visitors are welcome to browse a gallery of old and second hand vinyl album LP records on this site. The collection is a combination of original 33 rpm recordings, many from the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's, together with some later represses and reissues. These are vinyl records in used condition that belong in the various genres of popular music to found in all good record stores. It is fair to say that a vinyl album offer a good compromise between playing length and sound level.

Number One hits are the tunes that have the most popular success in that week. In the UK these are the most listened to songs based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, as measured by the official Charts Company. Looking back, for a long period of time, (up until 1988), the music paper, NME, compiled their own charts, leading to their being a small handful of unofficial number ones in a year. The Beatles signed a nine year contact with EMI records in 1962.

Here is a selection of 12 inch singles, EP's and maxi-singles suitable for record turntable play. They are offered for sale in used condition. There are original pressings, re-pressings, reissues, demonstration copies, DJ copies and picture discs. A mix of genres are included, including Heavy Metal, Punk and Reggae covering the decades. Also many top 20 chart hits and number ones. Some are in picture sleeves, some are in company sleeves, while others are in card or paper sleeves.

The Hot 100 began in 1958, as one main singles chart. It tracked the best-selling records in stores, disc jockey playlists and jukebox plays. The first No. 1 was Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson. Published in the United States of America, it provides chart rankings based on figures collated weekly. This is across all genres, and includes sales and airplay through all media. Physical sales  of vinyl singles were at their height in 1973, the first year tracked by the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America).