cd singles chart

[kags]

I have just been unsuccesfully trying to buy a cd single that was released on Monday, the retailers in my town either don't stock singles, or only stock chart ones. Does the singles chart have ANY significance these days? And will the record companies stop selling them soon? When I recall the heady days of the chart being on a Tuesday lunchtime on Radio 1 - The Jam going straight in at number 1 - maybe I'm just getting old......

[thewillow]

You are getting long in the tooth. I remember bringing the radio into Maths class on a Tuesday. I think the chart run-down was on late morning - about 12.30. We used to write the whole Top 30 down and then tell the rest of our year. Sad. I think I heard on the radio last week that WH Smith is stopping selling CD singles soon.

[Greedyfly]

In the store that I work in we have suffered major drops in cd single sales but it will be a bloody long time before they give them up completely - I honestly think that it will become digital and you will be able to pay us shop people and download said tracks from computers instore! But it will cost a lot of money and take a fair few years. In response to the stockage of singles, most retailers like wh smith, woolworths etc... only stock Chart singles where as HMV or Virgin stock both chart and back catalogue. Now I know that HMV go by the national chart printed in the daily star every Monday and that either them or Virgin will order you said single if you ask and its available. It is a shme thatmusic is no longer important to major companioes these days its all about MONEY!

[massivemidge]

does anyone not realise that the lack of cd singles sales is down to one thing??? the music is throwaway rubbish with no interest from music fans. put it this way..if i was to sell a single by the white stripes on ebay..it would sell. if i were to put the first ever release by sean paul or j-lo or blue , you would be lucky to get anyone looking at your item at all. these record companies are actually killing themselves and they do not know it..or they do but they are living for now and dont give a f***. do you remember in the 70's..number 1's stayed there for months. nowadays , the record at number 1 has been played to death on radio dumb..i mean 1 for months before its release and this equals lack of sales. the quicker these big labels die..the better!

[kags]

The thing is that the single I want is unlikely to hit the top 20, I particularly want it because of the remixes - and then they wonder why people resort to downloading music. I have kids so am quite regularly buy singles for them but it's Pop Idol type stuff which (surprise surprise) is never a problem to get - it seems that massivemidge is right though, that real music is suffering.

[massivemidge]

hi kags. there are available sources. what are you looking for??? i always use gemm failing that try musicstack or netsound or good uk indie sites are opalmusic..top class site! or roughtrade or actionrecords.uk all are fantastic sites selling top stuff at great prices. highly recommended!