Billboard Year 1985 Magazine Back Issues
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Billboard Jan 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard January 5, 1985
Vidclip Compilations Seen Emerging As Strong Sellers
Chains Predict Greater Role For Direct Mail
Santa Is Good To Dealers
Holiday Sales Post Slow Start, Powerful Finish
Billboard Jan 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard January 12, 1985
MTV's VH-1 Opens On Optimistic Note
Acts Rarely Seen On Sister Channel Get Exposure
Big Jumps In Platinum Gold
Holiday Video: Big Sell - Through
Billboard Jan 1985
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Billboard January 19, 1985
WEA Dealer Discounts Upset Video Wholesalers
Acts Battle Africa Hunger
Seek Audio Buyer Via Video Traffic
Dealers Queried On Charity
Billboard Jan 1985
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Billboard January 26, 1985
Federated Group Sets Move Into Video, CD Software
1985: Year Of Studio Digital
Two Companies Introduce Video Titles For Below $10
Labels Preparing Clip Payment Plans
Billboard Feb 1985
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Billboard February 2, 1985
Dealers Picky On Video Titles
Motown Back On The Beat In New York
Mass Marketers Add To Public Domain Vid Boom
Clearer View Seen In Types Of CD Boxes
Billboard Feb 1985
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Billboard February 9, 1985
Midem '85 Puts Spotlight On Audio/Video Marriage
CBS/Sony: No CD Custom Work
Paramount Trek III Returns
Dealers Map Ways To Beat Pinch In CDs
Billboard Feb 1985
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Billboard February 16, 1985
Pioneer CD Radio Stations Ask For Better Servicing
VH-1 Sending Sales Signals
Antipiracy Raids Saved Trade $78 Mil: RIAA
VSDA Row Some Officers Demand Switch In Confab Site
Billboard Feb 1985
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Billboard February 23, 1985
Test Results Give Boost To All-Board CD Package
GWTW Video Looks Like A Classic, Too
U.S. Debut In '86 For Digital Tape?
Dealer Eye Grammy '85 As Top Seller
Billboard Mar 1985
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Billboard March 2, 1985
Home Video Market Getting Earlier Windows On Features
VHS Hi-Fi Starts Rolling
High Court Won't Review Buffalo Case
Duplication Capacity Remains A Problem For Format
Billboard Mar 1985
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Billboard March 9, 1985
Mianstreama Pop Displays Its Punch At The Grammys
Video Distribs Opening New Branch Outlets
Declining Record Sales Trouble Country Scene
Record Bar Is New Owner Of Licorice Stores
Billboard Mar 1985
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Billboard March 16, 1985
Country Promoters, Agents Face Tougher Marketplace
CBS Institutes CD Allocation
Label Wipes Slate Clean In Pressing Crunch
New Prince Studio Album Scheduled For April Release
Billboard Mar 1985
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Billboard March 23, 1985
USA For Africa Single An Out-Of-The-Box Smash
'84 A Peak Year For Recordings
Publishers In Nashville Seek More Exposure
CD Crunch Axes New Accounts, One-Stops Say
Billboard Mar 1985
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Billboard March 30, 1985
MCA Warns On Counterfeits
Radio Fallout From ABC Buyout
Capital Cities Takeover Could Affect 24 Stations
Black Stations Protest Targets Warner Bros.
Billboard Apr 1985
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Billboard April 6, 1985
Video Distributors Struggle With Inventory Shortages
X-Rated Video Genre Presents Problems For Record Dealers
Jewel Box Dumped For New Prince CD
CD Capabilities Unveiled At NARM Meet
Billboard Apr 1985
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Billboard April 13, 1985
NAB To Tackle Music Rights
RIAA Figures: Cassettes Paced A Record '84
CD In The Spotlight At NARM Convention
Country Radio Labels Mapping New Strategies
Billboard Apr 1985
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Billboard April 20, 1985
Top RCA/Columbia "Video Return At $29.95 List
Dealers Cheer World Album
Ascap / Radio Rate Hassle Goes To Court
Times Are Tough For More Modest Video Distributors
Billboard Apr 1985
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Billboard April 27, 1985
Chains Team For Charity
Winter Arbitrons: AOR Lives
X-Rated Video Pressures Seen Heating Up
Class Action Label Payout At $17.1 Mil
Billboard May 1985
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Billboard May 4, 1985
Memphis Vid Dealers Raided
Video Stores Making Move Into CD Sales
Radio Is Mixed On Prince Album
Cotton Club Ships With Copy Defeat
Billboard May 1985
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Billboard May 11, 1985
Around The World Starts Fast At Retail; Single Due
AOR Stations Growing Up
Programming Set For 8mm Videocassettes
April Shower Twice As Many Platinum Albums As '84
Billboard May 1985
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Billboard May 18, 1985
Two Music Print Firms Hike Prices; Others Balk
Rental Bills Vex Video Dealers
Proposed Local Laws Seen As Financially Threatening
Video Distribs Concerned About Used Tape Sales
Billboard May 1985
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Billboard May 25, 1985
No Summer Mega-Tours But Promoters Bookers Hopeful
CBS Makes $6.5 Million World Payment
CBS Charge For Vidclip Use Nears
Jukebox Deal Called C'right Precedent
Billboard Jun 1985
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Billboard June 1, 1985
15 Gold, Platinum Acts Spark June Release List
New German Law Imposes Tape Levies
WEA, Polygram To Shutter Warehouse
See Hot Summer For Home Video After Spring Lull
Billboard Jun 1985
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Billboard June 8, 1985
Radio Caught Up In New Controversy Over Lyrics
Clip Fee Plan Angers Programmers
Video Outlets In CBS Boycott
TransWorld Music Ready To Acquire Recordland Stores
Billboard Jun 1985
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Billboard June 15, 1985
NAB's Fritts Urges Labels: Supply Radio With Lyrics
Optimistic Projections At CES
Lower CD Player Prices, Video Sales Boom Forecast
Trim Polygram Is Sticking With Branches
Billboard Jun 1985
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Billboard June 22, 1985
Copyright Experts Agree On Worldwide Resolution
Gift Review Lifts Image Of NARM Campaign
Broadcasters Team For Live Aid Benefit
Importer Sued On Issue Of Mechanicals
Billboard Jun 1985
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Billboard June 29, 1985
George Benson's $$ Pledge Spurs IFPI Piracy Fight
Record Bar Promo Arm Bows
VSDA Study: Video Sales On The Rise
Court Orders ASCAP Payment By Local TVers
Billboard Jul 1985
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Billboard July 6, 1985
U.K. Court: Twin Deck Incites C'right Infringement
Charity Efforts Intensify
Live Aid Grows In Scope; Kragen Maps New Projects
Gema Says It Plans To Quit Biem In 1986
Billboard Jul 1985
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Billboard July 13, 1985
Bevy Of Price Promotions Irks Home Video Distribs
Racket Busts Hit Fla. Sellers Of Adult Video
CD, Video Contribute To Strong First Half
RIAA Reports Six-Month Platinum Surge
Billboard Jul 1985
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Billboard July 20, 1985
Reagan Seeks Repeal Of Record Industry Tax Break
Arbitrons: Pop Still On Top McDonald's Menu Adds Music Magazine
IFPI Pledges Acts Sign Up With Benson Vs. Piracy
McDonald's Menu Adds Music Magazine
Billboard Jul 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard July 27, 1985
Live Aid Hailed As Pop Music's Triumph
More All -Board CDs Due
Elektra, Warner Bros. Unveil Plans
London Getting World's Largest Record Store
Billboard Aug 1985
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Billboard August 3, 1985
Live Aid Organizers Say The Money Is Pouring In
Auto Firms Not Speeding Into CD
Only Mazda Has Solid Plans For In-Car Players
Court Overturns Must-Carry Cable Rule
Billboard Aug 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard August 10, 1985
More Than 4,000 Register For '85 VSDA Convention
Will Industry Rate Records?
Hot Madonna July Fills Her Coffers With RIAA Metal
Pride Exits RCA With Blast At Youth Drive
Billboard Aug 1985
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Billboard August 17, 1985
Boom Period On The Way For Chain Store Openings
U.S. Reimposes Import Duties On Recordings
RIAA: Warnings Yes, But Ratings No
Disney Video Push Offers Big Discount
Billboard Aug 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard August 24, 1985
Tenn. Music, Video Studios Gird For New Tax Bite
CD Shortages Hardware, Software Demand Soars
RIAA, Parents Fail To Harmonize
Musiclang Has The Look Of Videoland
Billboard Aug 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard August 31, 1985
Jane Fonda's Video Victory
VSDA Convention Special
The Exploding Video Universe
Billboard Sep 1985
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Billboard September 7, 1985
Audio-Only Home Taping Bill Readied On Senate Side
Last Year's Attendance Figure Tripled
Mom-And-Pop Look For New VSDA Board
Major Names Set To Perform At Farm Benefit
Billboard Sep 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard September 21, 1985
Paramount Home Video Sets $29.95 Beverly Hills Cop
PTA, PMRC Unite On Lyrics
One City Mulls Concert Control In Lyric Row
German Sales Post Significant First-Half Increase
Billboard Sep 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard September 28, 1985
Westwood One Reaches Agreement To Buy Mutual
More TV Ads On Retailers Christmas Lists
Senators To Labels: Clean Up Your Act
ASCAP Posts 20% Increase In Receipts
Billboard Oct 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard October 5, 1985
Cutbacks At Record Bar: Layoffs, Store Closings
No Board? Two Labels Seen Abandoning New CD Packaging
Musical Majority Announcement
Eight Labels Take Anti-Ratings Stance
Billboard Oct 1985
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Billboard October 12, 1985
Camelot's Bonk Lashes Out Against Rating Stickers
Urban Outlets Big Winners In Latest Arbitrons
FBI Agents Raid 30 N.C. Video Stores
Sony Reported Buying CBS Out Of CD Plant
Billboard Oct 1985
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Billboard October 19, 1985
Mipcom Reflects Softness In European Video Market
Philips, Du Pont Join Forces
Seeburg Plans CD Jukebox Test In '86
Bill Proposes Source Licensing Of Music On TV
Billboard Oct 1985
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Billboard October 26, 1985
Labels Confront Lacquer Crisis
Formula Woes May Slow Production
Ghostbusters Cop Videos Explode
CBS Mulling New CD Plant Split With Sony Nears Completion
Billboard Nov 1985
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Billboard November 2, 1985
Dealers Predict Merry Christmas
Optimism Prevails Despite CD Pinch
Superstar Releases Set For Holidays
Firms Target Mass Merchandisers Vid Distrib Clash Sharpens
Billboard Nov 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard November 9, 1985
Philips/Du Pont U.S. Plant Gearing To Ship CDs In '86
Hot 100 Radio Panel Changes With The Times
Parents , RIAA In Lyrics Accord
Retail Giants Square Off In Mega-Battle
Billboard Nov 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard November 16, 1985
Trade Reacts To Lyric Agreement
Dealers, Some Labels Blast Pact
Pavarotti Mines Platinum
Classical First Highlights Oct. Totals
Billboard Nov 1985
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Billboard November 23, 1985
Home Video Backorders Build
Consumer Demand For Hot Titles Outpacing Supply
Young British Bands Affected
Visa Requirements Tighten
Billboard Nov 1985
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Billboard November 30, 1985
A-Ha Wins Six Vid Awards
Anti-Apartheid Aid?
S. Africa Businessman Proposes Johannesburg Concert
Tape Raids In Eight Cities
Billboard Dec 1985
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Billboard December 7, 1985
Canadian CD Plant Pacts To Supply Major Labels
Video Music's Future
Patience Will Pay Off, Execs Agree At Billboard Meet
Study Cites Video Growth
Billboard Dec 1985
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Billboard December 14, 1985
Capitol/EMI Others Map U.S., Canada CD Plants
Dealers Thanksgiving Is Happy
Video Business Called Incredible
WEA Raises Dealer CD Prices 10.8%
Billboard Dec 1985
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Billboard December 21, 1985
GE Mum On RCA/Ariola Future
Business As Usual After Buyout
Capitol To Distribute MGM/UA Video
EMI Forges China Link Broad Pact On Music, Technology
Billboard Dec 1985
Buying Choices
Billboard December 28, 1985
1985 The Year In Music & Video
Year-End Charts
Number One Awards
Pop, Rock, Black, Country.
Billboard Sep 1986
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Billboard September 14, 1986
August Yields Bumper Crop Of Gold, Platinum Albums
Lyric Row: New Developments
PMRC Says Beach Boys Mike Love Gave Seed Money
Farm Aid Roster Grows For All-Star Benefit Concert
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