Billboard Year 1979 Magazine Back Issues
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Billboard Jan 1979
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Billboard January 6, 1979
Holiday Sales Soar After Sluggish Start
Disk Sales Hurt Little By Japan Home Taping
Winter CES Offers Peek Into Future Of Electronics
Chi WDAI-FM Drops ADR For Disco Beat
Billboard Jan 1979
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Billboard January 13, 1979
$5 Million Audio Factory Will Be Erected In China
CBS Discounts Range Wide; Dating Extended
TV Marketing Of Mail-Order LPs Facing Hard Sell
Radio Syndicators Wary Of Disco
Billboard Jan 1979
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Billboard January 20, 1979
ASCAP Lodges 3 Actions On Multi-Speaker Venues
Discount Standards Increased By WEA
Midem's Magnet Pulls Record Crowd
Malaysian Brass For Kuala Lumpur Meet
Billboard Jan 1979
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Billboard January 27, 1979
A&M Joins New RCA Distribution
Exit Is Shock To Indie Ranks
Disco Dampens R&B Ballad Acts
TV Charity Shows Welcome Rockers
Billboard Feb 1979
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Billboard February 3, 1979
Branch Distribs In Assertive Role
IFPI Urges $20 Million Antipiracy War Chest
Labels Extending Disco LP Tracks
Asian Meet Rallies Fight
Billboard Feb 1979
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Billboard February 10, 1979
New MCA Aims Competitive Guns
ABC Buy Boosting Power
Disco Radio Challenges Clubs As Hitmaker
Intl Music Chiefs Winging To Asia
Billboard Feb 1979
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Billboard February 17, 1979
CBS-Stills In 1st Rock Digital Date
UA Acquisition Adds Clout For Cap-EMI
Movies Offering Nashville Lucrative $ Source
Arbitron Study Critical - Of Arbitron
Billboard Feb 1979
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Billboard February 24, 1979
CBS And WEA Profits Sag
Store Bows Continue Zippy Pace
Piracy Elimination Key To Asian Gains
Japanese Seek Solution To Imported Disk $ Drain
Billboard Mar 1979
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Billboard March 3, 1979
Colleges Forming Group To Battle Copyright Levies
Retailers Bemoaning Poor Product Flow
U.S. Investigates Counterfeiter Tie With Tradesters
Goody Web Doubling Stores By 1983
Billboard Mar 1979
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Billboard March 10, 1979
British Digital Package 1st To Hit Retail Mainstream
Disco Forum Echos Industry's Explosion
Record Cos. Expand Involvement In Disco
Preliminary Moves Taken With China On Copyrights
Billboard Mar 1979
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Billboard March 17, 1979
Country Format Dominates A Majority Of 84 Markets
MCA-ABC Dilemma: Which Takes Returns?
Angel Teeing 12-Inch 45s For Audiophiles
Mull Single Videodisk Rate
Billboard Mar 1979
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Billboard March 24, 1979
RCA Offers Its Satellite To Stations
LP Jacket Price Rise Imminent
U.S. Music Brings First Ruble Payoff
Polygram Researching Defectives
Billboard Mar 1979
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Billboard March 31, 1979
Cultural Legacy Vital, Cornyn Advises NARM
Pres. Carter Q&A's NAB
Calif. Tape Tax Proposed
U.K. Home Taping Worse?
Billboard Apr 1979
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Billboard April 7, 1979
WB Music, Wholesalers In 50% Deal
Raw Material Hikes Start Chain Reaction
Distribs Mulling Plan To Fund New Labels
New! Expanded Disco Chart
Billboard Apr 1979
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Billboard April 14, 1979
Bogus Disco Records Sold Over N.Y. Dealer Counters
Strike By Teamsters Impacts On Industry
Tape Products Rocked By Higher Oil Costs
Country Hot; 2,000 Airing
Billboard Apr 1979
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Billboard April 21, 1979
Returns A Factor In Emphasis On Package Offers
Joe Smith Answers Clive Davis
Publishers Staff Conclaves Evolving Into Conventions
Satellite Beams First Stereo TV Broadcast
Billboard Apr 1979
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Billboard April 28, 1979
Disco Print Field Accelerates, But Pitfalls Emerge
Supreme Court Rules Blanket License Okay
Studios Gear Up For Burgeoning Video Recording
WABC N.Y. Turns To Disco
Billboard May 1979
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Billboard May 5, 1979
FBI Bursts Alleged Pirate Consortium In 4-State Raid
IFPI Battle Groups Fight Global Piracy
Turnaround In Sales Lifts Dealer Hopes
IMIC Agenda Spotlights Key Issues
Billboard May 1979
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Billboard May 12, 1979
Northeast Dealers Eye Korvettes Lowballing
Hosea Williams Vs. BMA
German Disk/Tape Sales Top Billion $
Disco Stations Leveling Off
Billboard May 1979
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Billboard May 19, 1979
Calif. Gas Low, But Industry Copes
Labels Bolster Retail Drive
Promoters Plan For The Future
Dealers Declare Sales Unaffected
Billboard May 1979
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Billboard May 26, 1979
NBC Starts 2nd Network In AOR Style
Industry Execs Project Growth
Label Payoff To Sidemen: $40,369,296
China Potential IMIC Topic
Billboard Jun 1979
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Billboard June 2, 1979
Russians To Issue John's Single Man
New Govt. In Canada May Benefit Industry
NPR Seeks Financing Of Satellite Web
Chart Action Share Report
Billboard Jun 1979
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Billboard June 9, 1979
Disks From Canada Vex Europe Mart
$50 Million Returns Bite Stirs Action
IMIC Is Summit For The Industry
New Studios Proliferating
Billboard Jun 1979
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Billboard June 16, 1979
More Labels Adapting To Album Bar Coding
Potent Product Flow; Hot Summer $$ Seen
9th IMIC Opens In Monte Carlo
New Motown Wing Enters Consumer Equipment Mart
Billboard Jun 1979
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Billboard June 23, 1979
Black Music Assn. In Trade Equality Drive
U.S. Sales Top $4 Bil; Tape Units Up, LPs Dip
European TV Promos Spur Disk/Tape Sales
Industry's Leaders Paint Sober Picture Of Piracy
Billboard Jun 1979
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Billboard June 30, 1979
Rita Coolidge Is Winner At Tokyo Music Festival
Strong Opposition To WEA's Price Increase
East Grappling With Gas Crisis; Impact Variable
MCA Hikes On Videodisks Stun Trade; VTRs Aided?
Billboard Jul 1979
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Billboard July 7, 1979
VCI Invades Prerecorded Video Software Home Mart
Rock History Made With 1st Digital LP
Plant Costs Igniting Manufacturers Boost
Paraplegic Racks Up Success In Retailing
Billboard Jul 1979
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Billboard July 14, 1979
U.K. Labels Use Copyright Clout To Slow Imports
Some One-Stops Outraged, Others Accept 45 Boost
Disco Forum Probes Hot Topics
Loan Debts Push GRT To Closure?
Billboard Jul 1979
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Billboard July 21, 1979
Trade Backs Certification Delay Move
EMI Gets New Clout With Paramount Deal
Earnings Up 22% AFTRA Meet Hears
Supertramp Conquers U.S.
Billboard Jul 1979
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Billboard July 28, 1979
Industry Backs Carter Energy Plan
RCA Catalog Price Cut
Touring May Be Curtailed
Fall LP Releases Right On Schedule
Billboard Aug 1979
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Billboard August 4, 1979
British Fight Imports, Labels Go Into Court
Fewer Promo Disks; Disco Pools Howling
U.S. Industry Stirred By Home Duping Impact
Fead Promotion, Profit Dip Signal RCA's Restructure
Billboard Aug 1979
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Billboard August 11, 1979
Pickwick Boosted By $27 Mil Outlay
Publishers Confident, See No Profit Slump
1 Of 2 Antitrust S.F. Suits Ends
New LP-Tape Titles
Billboard Aug 1979
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Billboard August 18, 1979
Sales Surge On Singles
Infinity - MCA Try $5.98 List
New Wave Rockers Click In U.S. Mart
Classical DG And Philips Albums Will List At $9.98
Billboard Aug 1979
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Billboard August 25, 1979
Hot Dialog Over $$ At NARM Meet
Dealers Pass Buck On Wholesale Price Hikes
Hollywood Going Heavy For Country
Talent Forum's Agenda To Probe Industry Economics
Billboard Sep 1979
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Billboard September 1, 1979
Superstars Deliver Sales Upsurge
More Digital LPs In Fall
Labels Let Fly With Top Acts Releases
Cash Registers Clicking Again
Billboard Sep 1979
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Billboard September 8, 1979
Jacket Suppliers Say Price Will Escalate 5%
CBS Records Bows New Price Structure
Tighter Returns In Effect At CBS
Steve & Eydie Do Battle Vs. Top 40
Billboard Sep 1979
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Billboard September 15, 1979
Home Video Has Boost With New IBM-MCA Tieup
Radio Chains Reviving Music Specials Series
Opposing Views Greet Revamped CBS Programs
Video Rights New B'way Problem
Billboard Sep 1979
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Billboard September 22, 1979
Pickwick's Old Cutouts Lure Crowds
Sales On Rise, Lundvall Tells NAB Gathering
See EMI Solo Thrust, Paramount Label Hunt
Traditional Country Gains
Billboard Sep 1979
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Billboard September 29, 1979
C'right Tribunal Mulls Cable TV Royalty Payoff
Merchandisers Miffed As Labels Get Tough
Nabisco Looking To Sell Music Cassettes
Raw Materials Hike Pressing Fees
Billboard Oct 1979
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Billboard October 6, 1979
Healthy Quarter Ahead-Dealers
New Policy For Returns By Polygram
Lieberman Bullish Sees Upturn
Top Speakers Firmed For 1st Video Music Gathering
Billboard Oct 1979
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Billboard October 13, 1979
Court Rule Brightens VTR Picture
It's Nashville's Week To Shine
CBS Now Into Video Software
MCA & Disney Plan To Appeal
Billboard Oct 1979
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Billboard October 20, 1979
Urge Rapid Payment Of Cable TV $$
Peak Interest Rates Facing U.S. Industry
Defectives Rise, Report Disk Dealers
Stereo Viewed As No Cure-All For AM Radio
Billboard Oct 1979
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Billboard October 27, 1979
Tighter Returns Plan Teed By RCA-A&M
Canada Rules Press Liable On C'rights
Innovations At Vid Meet
Chrysalis Scores Vidcassette Beat
Billboard Nov 1979
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Billboard November 3, 1979
WEA Germany Buys 20-Shop Chain
Dealers Deplore FM Airing Complete LPs
Counterfeit High: $400 Mil
FCC Delays AM Stereo
Billboard Nov 1979
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Billboard November 10, 1979
AFM Signs Disk Pact; Strike Threat Averted
New Wave Wins Programming OK
RIAA Seeks To Cut $200 Million Returns
Polygram Buy Of U.K. Decca Near
Billboard Nov 1979
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Billboard November 17, 1979
L.A. Hosting Intl Video Music Meet
Few Stations Emulate RKO's Full-LP Ban
New Ownerships For 2 U.K. Giants
Candidates Seek Music $$
Billboard Nov 1979
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Billboard November 24, 1979
Sales Of Cutouts And Overruns On Increase
Racked Outlets Lead Chains In '80 Debuts
Publishers Unite To Stem Copying
MCA Aborts Infinity Label
Billboard Dec 1979
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Billboard December 1, 1979
Tribunal: Home Taping $ Effect
WEA Unveils Policy For Limiting Returns
1st AFM-Home Video Pact
Who: Live On Theatre TV
Billboard Dec 1979
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Billboard December 8, 1979
Cassettes Gaining In U.S.
Radio Webs Moving Emphasis To Music
Radio Format Rule Appeal To Supreme Court
Canadians Hit Home Taping
Billboard Dec 1979
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Billboard December 15, 1979
See Concert Changes After 11 Die
NARM War: Promo Disks
U.K. List Prices May Go
Top Security Is Concern
Billboard Dec 1979
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Billboard December 22, 1979
Year End Charts
Top Artists Top Records
Pop, Disco, Soul, Country, Jazz.
Adult Contemporary, Comedy, Soundtracks, Gospel, Latin, Classical, Box Office.
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