BSN site set to end Dec. 2024
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Topic: BSN site set to end Dec. 2024
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Subject: BSN site set to end Dec. 2024
Date Posted: 19 November 2024 at 6:51pm
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Just days ago Mike Callahan, the moderator of the BSN site, announced his chat board will close on the last day of the year (12/31/2024). A tough decision that several music collectors and BSN members predicted.
I wanted to make sure everyone on this board was aware. On a side note, there is a daily blog music collector Kent Kotal has been running for two decades now that caters to the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Forgotten Hits recently wrote a piece on the incredible music collection assembled over the years by Joel Whitburn. The story can be read here: https://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-joel-whitburn-collection.html - https://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-joel-whitb urn-collection.html Please read the story if you have not already. In just over a week it will be Joel's 85th birthday. ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
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Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 12:36am
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I apologize for asking about this, I feel incredibly ignorant for not already knowing:
What is the "BSN Site?" ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 1:28am
https://bsnpubs.com/ BSN stands for Both Sides Now. It's a discography and chat board where people discuss mainly stereo oldies. It's been around for many years, even longer than this website. |
NightAire wrote:Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 5:01am
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Just FYI, it appears that the main site with the discographies will be staying, it's just the chat board that is going away for now.
Many of us BSN regulars have moved on over to a new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1233465491267286 - Both Sides Now Facebook Group |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 20 November 2024 at 7:40am
While I can appreciate his appeal to save the Whitburn collection as a whole, I can say with nearly 100% certainty Penske Media Corporation will not be interested. How do I know? Penske is the parent company of Luminate and Broadcast Data Systems. BDS closed in 2022, and the Penske/Luminate corporate heads instructed BDS to throw their entire music library of over 150,000 CDs straight into a dumpster. Thankfully, a longtime BDS employee didn't allow that to happen, and I'm the guy who bought it. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: AutumnAarilyn
Date Posted: 22 November 2024 at 12:13am
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Thank you for saving them Aaron; now I buy them from you
(LOL). I bet a majority of promo cds probably hit the dumpster bins due to not understanding first sale doctrine/legal disclosure on disc and not realizing there still is modest interest with limited supply. There's about 3-5 cats who sell promos cds on Ebay and Discogs after some of the real valuable ones get sold. There's always a high-end market for certain ones like the ones involving Teddy Riley. I just recently discovered the promo cd single of After's "How do you tell the one" and that's the only place you'll find the song without a cross-fade from the prior song on the LP. That kind of stuff is all that's left for me to collect basically. Thanks again Aaron for allowing items to get back in the hands of those who appreciate them. I love getting the items that went to radio and even have a few "radio play copies" that I bought from NYC DJ Felix Hernandez. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 22 November 2024 at 6:41am
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Kudos to you Aaron for saving that collection, must have taken more than a few trips to get them all home!
Wasn't aware promo CDs were still being produced, I'd assumed they'd been replaced by downloads long ago. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 22 November 2024 at 2:36pm
| Wow, I didn't know that, Aaron. That's amazing! |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 1:11pm
| I'm catching up on being gone from here for 10 months, so I just read this now. I used to check out BSN daily years ago until I didn't have the time for it (and much of my time shifted to this site here). It's sad that the chat board closed. I was afraid it also was deleted, but I just went there and it still seems intact. I hope there are no plans mentioned to delete the whole chat board. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 May 2025 at 6:51pm
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Somebody resurrected the original BSN Chat site earlier this year. The last posts were from December, 2024. It must be online to check out old posts. You can't reply to any posts even if you're logged in. https://bsnpubs.websitetoolbox.com/" rel="nofollow - https://bsnpubs.websitetoolbox.com/ Besides whoever created the Facebook group, yet even another one of the members of BSN started another online forum for BSN where everyone seems to be now. https://bsn-stereo-chat.proboards.com/" rel="nofollow - https://bsn-stereo-chat.proboards.com/ ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |