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Consumer Guide Columns
The Consumer Guide has been written as a monthly (more or less)
column going back to the original column in 1969.
The reviews from the Consumer Guide columns have been collected
(with revisions) in books and now in the
CG database.
Columns are identified by publication date below. Starting with
Dec. 2006, the columns were published every other month by MSN Music,
so, for example, "Feb." means the February-March column.
| 2008: |
May, May, Apr. 15, Apr., Mar., Feb., Jan. |
| 2007: |
Dec., Nov., Oct., Sept., Aug., July, June, Apr., Feb. |
| 2006: |
Dec., Aug. 22, July 25, June 27, May 30, May 2, Apr. 4, Mar. 7, Feb. 14, Jan. 10 |
| 2005: |
Dec. 27, Nov. 29, Nov. 1, Sept. 27, Aug. 23, July 26, June 27, May 17, Apr. 19, Mar. 22, Feb. 8, Jan. 18 |
| 2004: |
Dec. 28, Nov. 30, Nov. 16, Oct. 12, Sept. 14, Aug. 24, July 6, May 25, Apr. 27, Mar. 23, Feb. 10, Jan. 13 |
| 2003: |
Dec. 30, Dec. 2, Nov. 18, Oct. 28, Sept. 16, Aug. 5, June 24, June 10, Apr. 29, Apr. 1, Mar. 4, Feb. 11, Jan. 21 |
| 2002: |
Dec. 31, Dec. 24, Oct. 22, Sept. 10, July 16, June 18, May 21, Apr. 16, Mar. 12, Jan. 29, Jan. 15 |
| 2001: |
Dec. 25, Nov. 27, Nov. 20, Oct. 16, Sept. 18, Aug. 7, June 26, June 5, May 1, Apr. 3, Feb. 13, Jan. 23 |
| 2000: |
Dec. 26, Dec. 5, Nov. 28, Oct. 24, Sept. 26, Aug. 22, June 27, May 30, May 2, Mar. 28, Mar. 7, Feb. 1 |
| 1999: |
Dec. 28, Nov. 30, Nov. 16, Nov. 9, Oct. 26, Sept. 7, July 27, June 22, May 18, Mar. 23, Feb. 23 |
| 1998: |
Dec. 29, Dec. 15, Dec. 1, Nov. 3, Sept. 29, Aug. 25, June 30, June 2, Apr. 21, Mar. 3, Jan. 27, Jan. 6 |
| 1997: |
Dec. 30, Dec. 2, Nov. 4, Sept. 23, July 22, May 27, Apr. 15, Mar. 11, Jan. 28 |
| 1996: |
Dec. 31, Dec. 17, Dec. 3, Oct. 8, Sept. 17, July 23, May 21, Apr. 9, Feb. 20, Jan. 23 |
| 1995: |
Dec. 26, Nov. 28, Nov. 14, Oct. 24, Aug. 29, July 11, June 6, Apr. 11, Feb. 21, Jan. 17 |
| 1994: |
Dec. 27, Nov. 29, Oct. 18, Sept. 13, July 26, May 31, Apr. 5, Mar. 1, Jan. 18 |
| 1993: |
Dec. 21, Nov. 23, Oct. 19, Sept. 28, Aug. 3, June 1, Apr. 6, Mar. 9, Jan. 26 |
| 1992: |
Dec. 29, Dec. 1, Oct. 20, July 28, June 2, Apr. 21, Mar. 3, Jan. 28 |
| 1991: |
Dec. 24, Dec. 3, Nov. 5, Oct. 1, July 30, June 4, May 7, Feb. 26, Jan. 29 |
| 1990: |
Dec. 25, Dec. 4, Oct. 23, Sept. 25, July 31, July 3, May 29, Apr. 3, Mar. 13, Feb. 6 |
| 1989: |
Dec. 26, Nov. 28, Nov. 21, Oct. 31, Oct. 3, Sept. 5, July 25, June 27, June 6, Apr. 25, Mar. 28, Mar. 14, Jan. 24 |
| 1988: |
Dec. 27, Nov. 29, Nov. 22, Nov. 8, Sept. 27, Aug. 30, July 26, June 28, May 24, Apr. 26, Apr. 12, Feb. 23, Jan. 26 |
| 1987: |
Dec. 29, Dec. 1, Oct. 27, Sept. 29, Sept. 1, July 28, June 30, June 2, May 5, Mar. 31, Feb. 24, Feb. 3 |
| 1986: |
Dec. 30, Dec. 2, Oct. 28, Sept. 2, Aug. 5, July 1, June 3, Apr. 29, Apr. 1, Mar. 11, Jan. 28, Jan. 7 |
| 1985: |
Dec. 24, Dec. 3, Oct. 22, Sept. 24, Aug. 27, July 30, June 25, May 28, Apr. 30, Apr. 2, Mar. 19, Feb. 26, Feb. 5 |
| 1984: |
Dec. 25, Nov. 27, Oct. 30, Sept. 25, Aug. 28, July 24, June 26, June 12, May 29, Apr. 24, Mar. 24, Feb. 21, Jan. 24 |
| 1983: |
Dec. 27, Nov. 29, Nov. 11, Sept. 27, Aug. 30, July 26, June 28, May 31, Apr. 26, Mar. 29, Mar. 1, Jan. 25 |
| 1982: |
Dec. 28, Nov. 30, Nov. 2, Oct. 5, Aug. 31, Aug. 10, July 6, June 1, May 4, Apr. 13, Mar. 9, Feb. 15, Jan. 12 |
| 1981: |
Nov. 30, Nov. 2, Oct. 5, Aug. 4, June 29, June 8, May 4, Mar. 30, Mar. 2, Feb. 2 |
| 1980: |
Apr. 28, Mar. 31, Feb. 25 |
| 1979: |
Dec. 31, Dec. 3, Oct. 29, Oct. 8, Sept. 3, July 30, July 2, May 28, Apr. 30, Apr. 2, Feb. 26, Jan. 29 |
| 1978: |
Dec. 25, Nov. 27, Oct. 30, Sept. 25, Sept. 4, July 31, June 26, May 29, Apr. 24, Mar. 27, Jan. 30 |
| 1977: |
Dec. 26, Oct. 31, Oct. 3, Sept. 5, Aug. 1, June 27, June 6, Apr. 25, Mar. 21, Feb. 14 |
| 1976: |
Dec. 27, Nov. 22, Nov. 1, Oct. 4, July 12, June 14, Apr. 26, Mar. 29, Mar. 1, Feb. 2 |
| 1975: |
Dec. 22, Dec. 1, Oct. 27, Sept. 22, Aug. 18, July 21, June 16, May 12, Apr. 7, Mar. 17, Jan. 27 |
| 1974: |
Dec. 23, Nov. 21, Oct. 24, Sept. 12 |
| 1972: |
Mar. 2, Jan. 20 |
| 1971: |
Dec. 30, Dec. 12, Oct. 14, Aug. 19, June 10, Apr. 22, Mar. 11, Jan. 7 |
| 1970: |
Nov. 19, July 30, June 18, May 28, Apr. 23, Feb. 26, Jan. 29, Jan. 15 |
| 1969: |
Dec. 11, Sept. 18, Aug. 14, July 31, July 10 |
Caveats
Some columns are still missing, including the whole Newsday period
(1972-1974), when the Consumer Guide reviews were printed as "capsules"
instead of being collected into columns. These may eventually appear as
they were collected in monthly installments in Creem, if/when we
can get hold of photocopies of them.
Some of the Consumer Guide reviews in columns from 1983-1988 are being
pulled from the database, so they reflect subsequent changes. Eventually
these will be restored to the original reviews.
Columns from 1988-2001 were derived from word processor source files, and
have not necessarily been checked against actual printed copies. In some
cases these reviews have been updated to match the subsequent books; in
some cases these have been reverted to their original form.
Some columns have been reconstructed from photocopies that have clipped
margins or other defects. In cases that could not be fully reconstructed,
we have some guesses or ellipses in red.
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