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Billboard Jul 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard July 4, 1981
Fox Agency To Step Up Audits; Reserve Acc'ting?
U.S. Appeals Court OKs CRT's 4-Cent Mechanical
British Seeking Sales Initiatives
Further Inroads For AC Radio
Billboard Jul 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard July 11, 1981
Hot Spell Of Top Acts
Labels Pledging Big LP Flow Through October
Prospects For New Artists Are Improved
NARM Blitz Backs Bar-Coding
Billboard Jul 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard July 18, 1981
Ampex, Ally Go Global On Audio Tapes
WEA U.K. Pulls Plug On Its Chart $$ Support
5 Firms Begin CX Decoder Manufacturing
India: Sleeping Giant Awakens
Billboard Jul 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard July 25, 1981
Video Wholesalers Views
Rentals A Fact Of Life; Quotas Must Go
Govt Nixes Tape Tax, Jolting U.K. Industry
Country Radio Goes Well, But...
Billboard Aug 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard August 1, 1981
Exports Hurt, Imports Prosper Via Strong $
Price Hikes New Twist
Survey Finds 2-Tier Specials, Shelf Ticketing
Radio Buys: More Adults
Billboard Aug 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard August 8, 1981
Jacket Producers Hopeful
Show Controlled Optimism For Rest Of '81
Change Brings New Ploys To Live Concerts
Judge Orders New Trial For Sam Goody, Stolon
Billboard Aug 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard August 15, 1981
Japan's Rental Shops Spark Controversy
Parker, RCA Accused Of Fraud In Elvis Dealings
BMI Settles With CBS In Antitrust Finale
Digital Equipment Rental Brisk
Billboard Aug 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard August 22, 1981
U.S. Counterfeiting Dips
But Bootleggers Taking Up Slack-RIAA
Vid Piracy Out Of Control Says Gema In Germany
NAB Eyes Satellite Programming Impact
Billboard Aug 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard August 29, 1981
Survey Shows Sales Of Double LPs Dive
Hear This: Chi Banning Walkmans?
RCA Vidplayer Ploy: Rebate, 10-Day Trial
Country's Gold Grows
Billboard Sep 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard September 5, 1981
Gov't Seeking Goody Appeal Will Also Ask For New Judge
Warner Home Video To Try All-Rental Dealer Program
K-Tel Plans To Acquire Candlelite
Unit Sales Dip In Germany
Billboard Sep 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard September 12, 1981
12-Inch Mini LPs Gaining Seen By Labels As $4.98-$5.98 Midlines
Trade Wants Specifics On Warner Vid Rentals
WHV Sales Continue In Non-Rental Areas
Country Concert Trail Rocky
Billboard Sep 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard September 19, 1981
Labels Revive Autumn Discount Dating Deals
WB Video Rental Bucked
Plan Sparks Skepticism, Confusion In Texas
Miami Welcomes NRBA Satellite Formats Rivet Confab's Attention
Billboard Sep 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard September 26, 1981
Controversy Over Stones Seating Policy
FCC Head Promises AM Stereo
Philips Seeks Royalty On Compact Disc
AOR Cuts New Wave Shows
Billboard Oct 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard October 3, 1981
CBS May Cut 45s Price As Promotional Tool
MCA Distributing Adds 24 Retail Account Reps
IMIC '82 Dates For Athens Set
German Artist Aid Tape Levy Fight?
Billboard Oct 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard October 10, 1981
Trade's Xmas Greetings: 20 Top 10 Artists Slated
IFPI, Biem Debate Mechanicals
MTV Cable Spurs Disk Sales Of Artists Aired
Warner Vid Plan Criticized In U.K.
Billboard Oct 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard October 17, 1981
Gimbel Expands Net; New HQ, N.Y. Thrust
Ad Budgets Up, Inflation Takes Bite
Labels Narrow Gap In LP Tape Release
Majors Rated Over Shipping
Billboard Oct 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard October 24, 1981
WEA Unlocks Cassettes 2% Discount To Be Offered For Open Display
Stiffer Pirate Bill Gains In Congress
Sony Tape To Sponsor Stewart American Tour
Compromise Is Hinted In Mechanicals Dispute
Billboard Oct 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard October 31, 1981
Queen Pulls Out From Warner Vid Rental Plan
The Decision: VCR Taping Held Illegal By U.S. Appeals Court
Satellite Network Adds 2 Formats
Shock Vibrates Through Industry
Billboard Nov 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard November 7, 1981
Japan Labels Raided; Avoided Rental Flow?
A U.S. First: Mango Trying One-Plus - One Island Tapes
RCA $1.99 Single A Trade Puzzler
Interims On Mechanicals Are Proposed
Billboard Nov 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard November 14, 1981
Audio Cable Blossoming
New Technology Seen As Threat To Radio
Agreement Reached On Digital Standards
Polygram Reassesses Mail-Order
Billboard Nov 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard November 21, 1981
Welch Project A First For RCA Vidisks
AFM, Label Agreement: Wages Rise, Funds Fall.
ASCAP'ers Get $7 Million Retro Payment
Retailers Not Maximizing Gospel's Wider Potential
Billboard Dec 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard December 5, 1981
Yule Sales Prospects Judged A Tough Call
Arista Expands TV Sales
Label Into Direct-Mail Via Current Albums
Pirates Invading Gospel
Billboard Dec 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard December 12, 1981
Yule Sales In Slow Start
Weather, Economy Dull Holiday Weekend
MGM/CBS Video Sets Rental Program
Buyers Wary Of Top Price Classics
Billboard Dec 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard December 19, 1981
RIAA '81 Awards Down, But Gold LPs Rebound
Labels To Focus On Tape
Cassette Sales Stimulate '82 Marketing Push
Sweden Considers Blank Tape Levy
Billboard Dec 1981
Buying Choices
Billboard December 26, 1981
The Year - End Charts
Top Artists And Recordings In Pop
Country, Soul, Video, Disco, Jazz.
Adult Contemporary, Classical, Spiritual, Inspirational.
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