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Worldwide Release Dates, Interviews, etc.
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barrymieny said on June 23, 2008 22:36:
Hi everyone!
I’m drawing up a list of absolutely every Roxette/Per/Marie/GT/etc date that I can get a hold of for a new website that I currently have under development.
If anyone can help me with reliable release dates for singles (mostly from Look Sharp!) as well as any other dates that have not been easily publicly available PLEASE contact me. Apart from the official release dates that are published all over the web, I would like to publish any additional dates for later or earlier releases - as singles, albums, etc are not always released on the same date worldwide. Also, radio or television interviews, special appearances, record signings - basically any Roxette-related date.
The site will also function as a discography (of sorts), as well as a “fontography” - from what I’ve been able to glean from the stuff I own as well as images from the web, etc. If you’re feeling generous, scans of harder to find items (promos, releases with different covers, etc) would be very much appreciated for the discography section.
Thanks in advance for any help!
barrymieny said on June 24, 2008 12:28:
Hi Brad, thanks for the heads up - but those are the dates I have already. I did get 3 new dates from roxette.se though - thanks!
TLFR covers only the initial release dates. There is no mention (specifically speaking of LS! singles) of the international release dates as those don’t seem to have been released to a specific “synchronised” worldwide schedule.
For instance: LTYH seems to have been released internationally during August 1989, but I can not find a specific date anywhere. Also, The Look was released on 12 January 1989 (in Sweden), but when exactly during March did it become commercially available internationally?
Then there’s the issue of a single or album being released in the US on a specific date, but maybe a week later or earlier throughout the rest of the world (the US and UK is more guilty of this as far as I can tell). As example: Marie’s “The Change” was released in Sweden on 27 October 2004, but other countries followed on 15, 19, 22 and 29 November, through December and into January 2005.
For some reason 1989 and 1990 seem to be a bit of a blur with regard to dates.
Sascha said on July 1, 2008 09:30:
Maybe www.roxette20.eu can help you. They did great work over there!
abysmo said on July 1, 2008 14:26:
Or you can check this: http://roxroom.wz.cz/charts.php
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barrymieny said on July 1, 2008 19:53:
Thanks Sacha & abysmo!
I’ve looked through roxette20 (amongst many other sites) for dates that I didn’t have, but the roxroom site is totally new to me.
konstpaus said on June 24, 2008 06:04:
Hey Bazza, i think all the release dates for the singles are on roxette.se under discovery, also the look for roxette has all the dates.
regards, brad