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edtop40 
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 Posted: 01 October 2025 at 4:56am |
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Does anyone know if the price to acquire the RR collection was made public?
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Chartman
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 9:39am |
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No indication that the RR Collection (The Vault) has transferred ownership. There’s just a new man in charge. His vision for the company hasn’t been announced. Only change thus far is the last sold out Top Pop Singles is now available as a Print On Demand book. Company’s future is still anyone’s guess.
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kingofskiffle
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 12:33pm |
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I'd imagine more Print On Demand if that works well. The new chief talks about liking to buy a new RR book each Birthday and Christmas, so I'd imagine he would be doing more books. he also talks about data mining so some new and exciting things I'd imagine. I can't see them doing an online database only because that did not do well. That said that was 10 years ago so.... :_
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aaronk
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 1:18pm |
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We know firsthand that an online database works well. It just needs to be an affordable model. Paying “per search” is less appealing than paying for a time period with unlimited searches.
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Brian W.
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 4:43pm |
Exactly. But I still loved the Music Vault and I hope they bring something similar back. It's been at least 20 years since Top 40 Music on CD went to an online-only subscription database. I'll bet there are a number of members here who don't even remember when the only way to get this info was in a gigantic, 4-inch-thick book that was only updated every two-to-three years. And I seem to remember that, at the time, there were people who were not happy about Pat moving it all to this "Internet-only" thing. It'll be exciting to see what Vinnie Freda has planned for the company. Edited by Brian W. - 01 October 2025 at 4:44pm |
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prisdeej
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Posted: 01 October 2025 at 9:12pm |
Agreed AK. That price per search model seemed to me like a tactic to keep purchasing the books, and that's exactly what I did! This never bothered me in the least, though. |
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