The Year In Music

The Year in MusicParanoia stalks the industry! Thousands panic as profits are devoured! Has the record biz had it? Will video-disc come to the rescue?It was only natural that the music industry would start finding enemies every place it looked in 1980. Record sales continued to languish 35 percent below the pleasant levels they achieved in 1978 and the sale of concert tickets fell 25 percent from last year's sorry pace. Never mind the few cranky retailers who dared scream that the real bogeyman...