The 1979 Entire Hot 100 Thread
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Topic: The 1979 Entire Hot 100 Thread
Posted By: PopArchivist
Subject: The 1979 Entire Hot 100 Thread
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 6:08pm
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Fantastic year of music. Been working to put it together accurately from positions 1-475 on Billboard and if anyone has input or where to find CD/Digital source for some of the harder to find hits please let me know. The following don't appear to be on CD at all. No 45. No LP version. No 12'' Nothing in the 2026 "Digital" world of commercial USA CD releases. If I'm wrong as Peter Frampton says Show Me The Way. 214 Niteflyte - If You Want It Did find this on Two Slow to Disco 2 on CD in Europe from 2015 https://www.discogs.com/release/7223727-Various-Too-Slow-To-Disco-2" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/release/7223727-Various-Too-Slow-To-Disco-2 Self Titled LP https://www.discogs.com/release/9209298-Niteflyte-Niteflyte" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/release/9209298-Niteflyte-Niteflyte Various artists - Free Soul Impressions https://www.discogs.com/release/579182-Various-Free-Soul-Impressions" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/release/579182-Various-Free-Soul-Impressions 279 Funky Communication Committee - Baby I Want You 353 Cheryl Barnes - Easy To Be Hard 363 Nancy Brooks - I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore 389 Randy Brown - You Says It All 400 Zwol - Call Out My Name 450 Bama - Touch Me When We're Dancing 453 Wonder Band - Whole Lotta Love 471 Liner - You and Me 474 Bill Wray - Pinball, That's All Otherwise I've been able to locate an LP, 12'' or something that came out for everyone but the above artists. As for LP versions these don't appear on CD or digital anywhere 396 Taka Boom - Night Dancin' 452 Keith Herman - She's Got A Whole Number Same for these 12'' 186 Wet Willie - Weeknd (Special Disco Version) 208 Crusaders - Street Life (Special Full Length US Disco Mix) 366 Philly Cream - Motown Review 396 Taka Boom - Night Dancin (12'' Short version Disco Intro) 433 Ultimate - Touch Me Baby, Love Is the Ultimate, Dancing In The Night (Short 12'' Promo) This bodes well for the Top 40. As I stated before, any help is appreciated. Also as an observation or two: Maxine Nightingale - (Bringing Out) The Girl In Me - All digital transfers are mono and sound horrible. The actual 45 sounds great and is in stereo. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him? - The 45 is very mono pretty much (either that or barely stereo if any) and that reflects on the digital transfers. So unless you do DES stereo this appears the only track that is in mono in the year. Thanks in advance as always for your help. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
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Posted By: cmmmbase
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 6:32pm
| note: it's Taka Boom not Take (sister of Chaka Khan). |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 9:01pm
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"Is She Really Going Out With Him" is in stereo, although very narrow stereo. That's the way it was mixed for the LP and 45, and it's accurately reflected in the digital versions. I wouldn't characterize it as "mono". ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 9:44pm
It is not "full" stereo as the other 474 songs are. When I think of "narrow" stereo I think of CCR and their early songs or other 70's tracks like the Raspberries. I didn't say it wasn't mixed that way or that it was not the 45. I pointed out it needs DES to actually sound like stereo. Compared to the rest of 1979 it sounds about as dull as it could get. Again you are entitled to your opinion as always and what you want to "characterize" as stereo isn't when compared to the other hits of the year. Do you believe it to be a mastering error Ron when it was put to the 45 back in 1979? As always if you know of any CD source for the above I would be elated to find it and would greatly appreciate any contribution you have. Thanks. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
crapfromthepast wrote:Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 9:50pm
Fixed. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 11:03pm
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For what it's worth, A&M released "Is She Really Going Out With Him" as a white-label stereo/mono promo 45, here: https://www.discogs.com/release/1616152" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/release/1616152 Reiterating my earlier comments, the song is in stereo, albeit very narrow stereo (the background vocals are panned), much like the single releases for "Turn Turn Turn", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Lodi", "Listen To The Band" (stereo only in the break), and much later, "The Edge Of Heaven" (the guitar solo is panned, all else is centered). ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 21 March 2026 at 11:31pm
As always if you know of any CD source for the above I would be elated to find it and would greatly appreciate any contribution you have. Thanks. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: rnell
Date Posted: 22 March 2026 at 7:50am
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Hi Easy to be hard by Cheryl Barnes is from the Hair Soundtrack which is available on CD. Is the version any different from the one released as single? |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 23 March 2026 at 3:43pm
A kind person who is not registered on the forum just emailed me this info:
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