American Top 40 1974

Below is a list of what I have and the format that is in my collection (indicated by a colored box in the format column).

If you have any questions, or would like to obtain a FLAC, WAV, or MP3, copy of any of these shows, send me e-mail via the link below.

All reel-to-reel tapes were recorded using the TEAC AN-180 Dolby-B noise reduction unit and the Sony TC-651 7" tape deck.

<- 1974 ->

Show Date Comment LP Tape Digital Length
741-3 1/19/74 First LP box in my collection using the new all white box.
Could have started with the first box of the year.		 O


741-4 1/26/74
O


741-6 2/09/74 Old black LP box used P


741-11 3/16/74 Contains program/production error. O


741-13 3/30/74
O


742-1 4/06/74 40 Most Extraordinary British Hits of the Rock Era
P T 2:29:28
742-5 5/04/74 Old black LP box used P


742-6 5/11/74

P T 2:30:51
742-8 5/25/74 First page of the cue sheets was replaced.
I do not have the original page.		 O


742-11 6/15/74 First use, in my collection, of colored paper.
Contains program/production error.		 O


742-12 6/22/74 First use of the white LP box with red, white and blue border O


742-13 6/29/74 The actual Billboard chart was not used.
A projected chart was put together as Casey recorded the
show before Billboard released the chart, as he was leaving
to film an episode of Hawaii Five-0.
Contains program/production error.		 O


743-1 7/06/74 The Top 40 Artists of the Seventies P


743-7 8/17/74
P


743-9 8/31/74 Presentation Tape (full track mono)


0:12:27
743-12 9/21/74
P


743-13 9/28/74 Contains program/production error. P


744-1 10/05/74 American Top 40 Presents...The Producers O


744-6 11/09/74 Contains program/production error. P


744-7 11/16/74
P


744-8 11/23/74
P


744-9 11/30/74
P


744-10 12/07/74 White LP box without red, white and blue border
Contains program/production error.		 P


744-11 12/14/74 Contains program/production error. P


744-12 12/21/74 Top 100 of 1974 (100-51)
Used the Billboard compiled chart
P
7.5ips		 T
96/32		 3:20:42.048
744-13 12/28/74 Top 100 of 1974 (50-1)
Used the Billboard compiled chart
P
7.5ips		 T
96/32		 3:21:49.337

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LP/Tape: format of show in my archive
WAV/MP3: Hard drive format		 Cue sheets not yet available
O Original cue sheets Cue sheets are available
Right-click on the letter and do a Save-As
P Photocopied cue sheets
T Digital files Timing info File segments timing info text file
Right-click on the letter and do a Save-As

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