Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (01/19/87)
Really-From: seismo!udenva!showard (Steve "Blore" Howard) > >Why is Rolling Stone getting it's dance chart from a college radio >journal? Who knows? Probably the same reason they get their college albums chart from the Gavin Report. >Rolling Stone also says that *The Whole Story* is at 34, which a lot >different than Billboard's listing of 106! That's because of the different ways in which Rolling Stone and Billboard compile their charts. Billboard gets its info from the distributors, so the list reflects what record stores are buying. Rolling Stone gets its list by phoning a set of "representative" record stores, and getting retail sales figures. Billboard is generally a better reflection of total sales. Sorry, Kate. -- "Wait a minute! These aren't blender wounds!" Steve "Blore" Howard, not playing with a full deck {hplabs, seismo}!hao!udenva!showard or {boulder, cires, ucbvax!nbires, cisden}!udenva!showard