useless Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I've been meaning to give that Billie Eilish release a listen. I remember a few years ago Charli XCX posting about her on her instagram, she was virtually unheard of back then, you could count her followers on instagram in the thousands, now it's the tens of millions, and she's currently one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Also noticable about the list is that Dark Side of the Moon, is the only one that I've listened to, although I'm guessing there's a good chance I've heard every song on Queen's Greatest Hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 10 hours ago, chrisp65 said: For perspective, that number one slot was one with a combined 6 month sales total of 15,700. That's pretty shit numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 9 hours ago, useless said: I've been meaning to give that Billie Eilish release a listen. I remember a few years ago Charli XCX posting about her on her instagram, she was virtually unheard of back then, you could count her followers on instagram in the thousands, now it's the tens of millions, and she's currently one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Also noticable about the list is that Dark Side of the Moon, is the only one that I've listened to, although I'm guessing there's a good chance I've heard every song on Queen's Greatest Hits. yeah, I'd be confident I've heard everything on the Queen album. As you'd expect, I've heard the Joy Division album, but have never owned it. Fleetwood Mac would be in my wife's collection somewhere. The rest of it, including Bowie and Pink Floyd, no idea, never listened to any of it. I guess I might know stuff on the Bowie and Floyd. I guess. I don't know that any of that means anything. It's more a case that it amazes me how many bands there must be producing and selling really quite small numbers. If the number 1 album achieved an average of around 600 sales a week across the UK, well then it's a precarious business for lots involved. So when you see a dinked edition of Snapped Ankles and it boasts it's a limited edition of 400, that's probably all they would ever hope to sell anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Xann said: That's pretty shit numbers. The hotel I worked in back in the 80's invested heavily in an 8 track system. 12 months later, dead as a dodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Hasta El Cielo Dub remix of last year's Khruangbin album. harking back to the stats up page, this is 'limited' to 3,000 so I'm gonna guess there's no real rush to pile on with this one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Not got it yet but looking to acquire Purple Mountains self titled album by ex Silver Jews man, David Berman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 12, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: harking back to the stats up page, this is 'limited' to 3,000 I've been thinking about them and was wondering how they compiled their figures. As far as I'm aware, most of the Indies aren't chart return shops any more, I also suspect they shift more volume than HMV, the rest must be online sales from Amazon et al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Just now, bickster said: I've been thinking about them and was wondering how they compiled their figures. As far as I'm aware, most of the Indies aren't chart return shops any more, I also suspect they shift more volume than HMV, the rest must be online sales from Amazon et al It's a fair point. I believe Eggland was very successful for the Lovely Eggs, but I'd suspect a good portion of their sales were direct from their house via their own website, plus those sold at gigs that come with a chat and an autograph. I can't imagine many of the shops that stocked it were chart return shops. Similarly, Super Furries 3 or 4 album release last year, I think they were only available via one website, but shifted about 600 in the first hour. I don't imagine that many people wander in to those independent shops on less shiny streets and buy Queens Greatest Hits. I suspect that's been bought in HMV by someone that picked up a Crosley Cruiser turntable at the same time. Which incidentally, is the best piece of kit to play that album on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 12, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Which incidentally, is the best piece of kit to play that album on. Nah, it's way above the specification required. This is what I'd use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I think that might actually be the upgrade kit for the Crosley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: Not got it yet but looking to acquire Purple Mountains self titled album by ex Silver Jews man, David Berman. Yeah I had it in my hand earlier, but couldn't resist the double whammy of an album that was yellow with the word dub on it It'll go in my little book of things to keep in mind when I need a quick fix 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 13, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 13, 2019 Someones broken into Rob's and posted a picture of something he'd never play on Rob's turntable then posted it on VT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 59 minutes ago, bickster said: Someones broken into Rob's and posted a picture of something he'd never play on Rob's turntable then posted it on VT I feel like this is an opportunity for the cool kids to respond in kind and post up some second hand Bon Jovi or Judas Priest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 2 hours ago, bickster said: Someones broken into Rob's and posted a picture of something he'd never play on Rob's turntable then posted it on VT But...I like the Raconteurs, Brendan Benson is an underated artist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: I feel like this is an opportunity for the cool kids to respond in kind and post up some second hand Bon Jovi or Judas Priest. But...I like Judas Priest. Bon Jovi are boring wank though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 12/07/2019 at 15:26, chrisp65 said: Hasta El Cielo Dub remix of last year's Khruangbin album. harking back to the stats up page, this is 'limited' to 3,000 so I'm gonna guess there's no real rush to pile on with this one... Couldn't find a yellow vinyl version today, had to settle for black, so there are definitely more than 3000 out there, so going back to those figures posted above, I think they are most definitely rubbish and taken from the sources suggested 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 14, 2019 It's nice meandering mellow dub btw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, bickster said: It's nice meandering mellow dub btw it is, speakers stacked on a chair on the patio whilst I potter around started with that, and have basically worked my way through everything quiet and smooth that to hand Moody Blues Wee Colorama Curtis Mayfield Impressions been a cracking Sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 13 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Wee Reckon you'll love Pee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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