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the Wayback archived links are basically blankedit
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SO ... they can't be verified. "Insights" was released in 1976. I'm a little concerned the Critic's Poll at Downbeat was in "1978" per the dead link. It's possible, I suppose, but weird.HammerFilmFan (talk) 08:57, 19 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
Downbeat has made several changes to their online content over the years and apparently (?) no longer provides information on past critic's poll winners. Ideally, the Wikipedia article citation should probably reference the specific (paper?!) issue of DownBeat that included the 1978 winners list. Maybe the August 1979 issue? If I can find one at a local library I'll try to update this (and other) Wiki articles. DownBeat's on-line "Back issues" section currently only goes back to 2004 so - no help there.
Insights was apparently one of five Downbeat critics' "Album of the Year" in 1978 - in a rare 5-way tie with four other albums (see also DownBeat#Album of the Year - although here also, the online citations in that article appear mostly outdated/dead). In general, I know Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band albums' US releases of that period often lagged their (Japan) original release dates so it was likely 1977 or 1978 before Insights was released in the US. For example, Kogun was recorded in California and released (in Japan) in 1974 but RCA didn't release it in the USA until 1978 or 1979 (it was nominated for a 1979 Grammy award which means it was released in the US sometime after ~1978 August?) I'm not sure how the Grammys calculate their 'qualifying year' cutoff dates but presumably/apparently they only consider US release dates - not an albums' first/'original' release date if that release was outside the USA.) Pugetbill (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
