Re: New Age top 40 from the early 90's?

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:03:26 -0500
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In article <email-address-deleted>,
email-address-deleted (L. Steve Stillwell AquaEssence) wrote:
> email-address-deleted (deuedrop) wrote in message
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>> I used to listen to this new age radio show when I was in high school.
>> I don't remember many of the artists or tracks, but I'd like to revive
>> some of that nostalgia and find these CDs. Does anyone know of a site
>> that would have archives of say Top 40 New Age tracks of 1992? I poked
>> around Billboard.com but couldn't find anything.
>> thanks
>
> You may want to locate an old issue of "New Age Voice" from that era.
> I'm not sure that they were publishing at that time but it is
> possible. They are belly up now but if you search dilligently you may
> turn up something, possibly from some reader in this group. Good
> Luck!
No one, including Billboard, ever tracked "songs" (i.e. tracks) in the New
Age Genre. Just albums. Billboard would report a "top 20" album chart for
New Age Music every three or four months (not every month, though, as the
genre wasn't "important" enough). NAV was not in existence until, IIRC, 1995
or 1996. They had only been around for a year or two before I started up in
1997 - I remember that.
Your best bet might be to do a search at
http://www.allmusicguide.com
If their advance search function allows, look for "new age music" genre
recordings in your particular time frame. That should net you a lot.
But more likely you're talking needle in a haystack. New age music - music
that everyone seems to like but no one gives a shit about (shrugs
shoulders). Go figure. Enya sells nearly 40 million CDs without touring or
much airplay and still new age music is ignored. George Winston's (now,
somewhat over-rated) December STILL sells like hotcakes at Christmas time
and new age music is ignored. And there are so many artists who are
comparable to both of them that no one knows from Adam or Eve. (sigh)
Personal note to Steve Stillwell:
Hi Steve, how ya been? When am I gonna get another one of your CDs to
review? (just kidding). Seriously, drop me a line or post here (like, anyone
would notice, right?) and tell me what your latest CD is. I'd like to get
it.
PS. Have you seen the new monthly version of my site yet? What do ya think?
Bill