Questions for Paul Haney...

Paul, not sure if you or Joel ever discussed this -

I always thought that BB started a Singles SALES chart in October 1984, but
browsing through old online Billboards, I see that as early as the mid 70s (See
page 30, 1/8/77 as an example) there was a long-term functioning chart listing
what appears to be U.S. retail single sales. Was this - like "Hot 100 Sales" - a
subset of the Hot 100 or something kind of unofficial?

Yes that's it - Thank you - It's odd as the chart ran for 3 or 4 years and seems
like it should have left more of a footprint. But as it stands, I agree - I don't
think it has any correlation to the published Hot 100...

Edited by jebsib

IIRC, rackjobber sales were to retail outlets, including record shops, department stores, car washes and
the like.

Paul, in light of the Record Research warehouse clearance / massive sale, and this quote from the homepage :

"As the year wraps up, we will either shift remaining select print editions to an outside fulfillment center (which will
raise book prices) or pivot exclusively to electronic publishing. The Record Research warehouse is emptying out. There’s
no time to wait!"

Questions :

1. Does this mean there won't be any more forthcoming print versions of new or updated RRI books?

2. Or, are there still some currently in the pipeline?

3. Have yall considered a possible "print-on-demand" set-up, like what Amazon and others offer? That could be a good way
to go, too.

Cheers, all the best, and thanks...